NHER 17805 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced prehistoric and post-medieval worked flints, Puddy Collection (Norfolk, poorly located)

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Summary

In 1981 a collection of worked flints recovered prior to the 1960s was seen at the Norwich Castle Museum. The majority were unprovenanced Norfolk finds, including a possible Palaeolithic flint fragment; a Neolithic/Bronze Age polished axehead and scraper; a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead and post-medieval gunflints.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	NORFOLK NO PROVENANCE, -, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Pre 1960s. Stray Find.
Various unprovenanced worked flints from the E. Puddy Collection:
1 ?prehistoric flint fragment (battered and rolled, possibly humanly struck?) and 1 burnt flint.
1 undatable prehistoric flint blade, 2 flakes, 4 ?retouched/edge damaged flint flakes.
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age polished flint axe with squared sides, 4 scrapers.
1 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead (Green's Conygar Hill type).
3 post-medieval gunflints of Brandon type and 1 flint blade from which gunflints made.
Identified and compiled by F. Healy (NAU), December 1981. Flint fragment apparently one of the objects donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (?unregistered); all other unprovenanced finds listed above retained by [1].
Information from (S1).
A Mesolithic adze was also part of this collection - this is recorded under NHER 11169.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 July 2014.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (10)

BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC? to 10001 BC?)
FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
BLADE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Jul 27 2014 11:54AM