NHER 19751 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic/Bronze Age, medieval and post-medieval finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1979 recovered late prehistoric worked flint, including Neolithic/Bronze Age flakes, blades, scrapers, a core and hammerstone, while metal-detecting in 2016 recovered a medieval lead pot mend and a post-medieval thimble.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10NW
Civil Parish GREAT MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Spring 1979. Drilled field. Finder's site 234c.
Fourteen flakes, two blades, one blade core, one hammerstone, three scrapers.
Information from member of the public [1].
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU).
A. Lawson (NAU), 19 October 1980.

July- September 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
Medieval lead pot mend.
Post-medieval thimble.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 October 2016.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • BLADE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • CORE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1100 AD? to 1500 AD?)
  • THIMBLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1650 AD to 1750 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 23 2023 11:53PM

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