NHER 16590 (Find Spot record) - Possible Neolithic flints and Bronze Age palstave, Hockwold Fen
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL68NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1940 to 1944. Hockwold Fen, north of Clouds Farm, west of Headland Drove. Found in dragline work for Great Ouse River Authority.
Palstave, unlooped, shield decoration; pitted.
Information from F. Healy (NAU).
(S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 6 October 1980.
From same very approximate area, F. Healy (NAU) notes an unusual flint dagger with thick trapezoid butt and a flint axe made on a flake; both with ferruginous patina, may well be reproductions.
E. Rose (NAU) 24 November 1993.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (5)
- DAGGER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- DAGGER (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 30 2020 4:50PM