NHER 19834 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic worked and burnt flints in Twenty Acre Plantation

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Summary

Fieldwalking after tree stump removal in Twenty Acre Plantation recovered a Neolithic leaf arrowhead, a polished flint axehead, flint scrapers and flakes. Prehistoric burnt flints were also found.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL98SE
Civil Parish HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

August 1983. Found when fieldwalking after stump removal. In Twenty Acre Plantation.
Polished flint axehead at 9800 8380. See (S1).
Four scrapers and three flakes, one with secondary working.
Pot boilers.
Crude leaf arrowhead.
Notched flint flake - probably due to modern damage.
Information from [1].
Identified by J.J. Wymer (NAU), October 1983.
W. Milligan (NCM) 22 August 1983.

  • --- Illustration: Wymer, J. J. 1983. Sketch of a Neolithic polished axehead.. Paper. 1:1.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT BOILER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2021 2:08PM

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