NHER 14804 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints, Santon Warren
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Summary
Mesolithic and Neolithic cores and flakes found during fieldwalking in 1967. A Neolithic petit tranchet derivative flint arrowhead was also recovered.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1967. Fieldwalking.
Various prehistoric worked flints found on a "…disturbed surface over a wide area…". The items recovered included Mesolithic and Neolithic flint cores and waste flakes. Information from (S1). As noted by both (S2) and (S3), a Neolithic petit tranchet derivative arrowhead was also found.
E. Rose (NAU), 30 April 1979. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2013.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 88 NW 53.
- <S1> SNF2381 Serial: 1967. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1967. No 14. p 9.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF59203 Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk. p 429.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (5)
- CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 6 2016 10:06AM