NHER 13342 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic and Neolithic finds, Westacre (Westacre, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Pre 1928. Stray Find.
The King's Lynn Museum holds a small collection of 7 prehistoric flint object that are recorded as having been found in Westacre by H. Smith during or prior to 1928. Five of the pieces are listed in the museum's records as Mesolithic adzes (KILLM : 2001.456-460; A32-36), the other two as undated "core tools".
There appear to have been some uncertainty regarding the date of these objects as the five 'adzes' are listed as Neolithic by F. Healy in (S1), where they are identified as 4 axes and 1 adze. A Mesolithic date for at least some of these finds would however appear to be confirmed by (S2), the four unprovenanced Mesolithic axes from West Acre listed (3 tranchet axes and 1 other axe) almost certainly being implements in this collection. The tranchet axes are described in (S3), which also note the other axehead (recorded simply as a Mesolithic adze/axe).
Healy identified the pieces listed as "core tools" as a flaked flint axe (KILLM : 2001.462) and a quadrangular flaked discoidal knife (KILLM : 2001.463). These Neolithic objects were previously recorded under NHER 14955.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 December 2013.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 13342 and 14955.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 71 NE 22.
- <S1> SNF59203 Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk. p 760.
- <S2> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 215.
- <S3> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10405; 10406; 10407; 10409.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (4)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- DISCOIDAL KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 22 2018 9:10AM