NHER 14640 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints and concentrations of burnt flint
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL68NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Pre 1974. Somewhere within field (Curtis 29). Context 1.
Plano convex knife and stone axe. Also a tanged Beaker dagger.
Information from F. Healy (NAU) from Curtis Catalogue.
6 April 1988. Fenland fieldwalking, weathered soil, young crop.
Also Context 1.
General scatter; flints and pot boilers. No concentrations other than Contexts 2 and 3, although in places small spread of pot boilers, and in one place several blades. FWL FE.
Context 2 at 6862 8955.
Concentration pot boilers, sparse, locally moderate and couple of flints on north side of chalk marl ridge spreading over top, 22m northeast to southwest x 20m northwest to southeast at 0.9m OD. FWL 187.
Context 3 at 6849 8935.
Concentration pot boilers sparse to moderate and flints, a few only, on north side curving ridge of chalk loam which had a sandy feel to it. 20m northeast to southwest x 15m northwest to southeast at 0.8-1.0m OD. FWL 188.
R. Silvester (NAU) 6 April 1988.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF14886 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 187. FENS.
- --- SNF14887 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 188. FENS.
- --- SNF15107 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL FE. FENS.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (5)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- DAGGER (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 15 2012 2:43PM