NHER 1391 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint finds

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Summary

Prehistoric, Neolithic and Bronze Age flints, including flakes, scrapers, cores and hammerstones, have been found since the 1930s.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF63NE
Civil Parish HEACHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish OLD HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Spasmodic flint finds over this area by LeStrange 1933 to 1936, and also in later years.
See (S1).

1961 at TF 681 397.
Neolithic flints and also at TF 684 396 west of Newton's Belt.

1962 at TF 688 398 on border of two parishes (LeStrange's site 43).
Cores, hammerstones, and scrapers.

'Before 1969' at TF 681 396.
Undefinable flakes and burnt flints.

R.R. Clarke (NCM) found at TF 6592 3998 a mainly Bronze Age surface industry (1391/c1).
E. Rose (NAU)

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Hunstanton.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Hunstanton, Old/Heacham.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Heacham [3].
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 63 NE 6; TF 63 NE 54; TF 63 NE 55.
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Aug 12 2025 8:48AM

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