NHER 20234 (Monument record) - Probable Mesolithic occupation site
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL68NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
26 March 1984. Fenland Project Fieldwalking.
Site HCW 32.
On north side of sand island close to, but apparently separate from HCW 30 (NHER 20232). Scatter of worked flints, no pot boilers. Max dimensions 43m E/W x 35m N/S. The worked flint assemblage includes two Mesolithic obliquely blunted points (microliths), cores, flakes, blades and a single scraper. The lack of later diagnostic pieces suggest that the whole assemblage is probably Mesolithic.
For further details see project archive (S1) and final publication (S2).
R. Silvester (NAU) 26 March 1984.
1989 to 1990. Further fieldwork during Fenland Evaluation Project.
Auger traverse conducted.
Dossier prepared for HBMC, see copy (S1) in file.
M. Leah (NAU) August 1990.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
- <S2> SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- <S3> SNF59363 Unpublished Document: Leah, M. D. (NAU) and Mathews, M. (NAU). 1990. Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Dossier.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (5)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Related NHER Records (3)
- All Groups: NHER 20235 - Related to: Mesolithic and Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age occupation sites (Monument)
- All Groups: NHER 20232 - Related to: Probable Mesolithic occupation site and Early Neolithic worked flints (Monument)
- All Groups: NHER 20233 - Related to: Probable Mesolithic occupation site, Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age worked flints and Roman pottery (Monument)
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Record last edited
Jul 11 2017 9:26AM