NHER 19510 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints
The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please contact us to consult the full record.
See also further guidance on using the Norfolk Heritage Explorer website.
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM29NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SHOTESHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1983. Stray Find.
Found by [1] on ploughed field on Hill Farm (Field no. 191), on east side of beck:
1 Mesolithic two-platform prismatic flint blade core.
Various worked flints of unspecified date (but most likely Neolithic), including:
1 flint punch - slightly stained with some recent damage (S1), 6 cores, 2 scrapers, 1 awl, 1 small patinated blade and several unpatinated coase flakes.
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU).
J. Wymer (NAU) 19 September 1983.
Information from (S2). These discoveries were reported in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 January 2014.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF78746 Illustration: Wymer, J. J. 1983. Drawing of a ?Neolithic flaked flint punch from Shotesham. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF87152 Article in Serial: 1984. Archaeological Discoveries for 1983. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 29 pp 17-33. p 31.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (7)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- AWL (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- PUNCH (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
Related NHER Records (0)
Find out more...(1)
Record last edited
Nov 11 2019 11:27PM