NHER 20355 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period, The Rough

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Summary

Fieldwalking in this area during 1984 recovered a fragmentary Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead, ?Neolithic worked flints and post-medieval pottery.

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Map sheet	TF91NE
Civil Parish	HOE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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30 March 1984. Fieldwalking.
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet axe. Broken in half at some stage and re-chipped at truncation (possibly for hafting).
1 ?Neolithic flint fabricator fragment, 21 flakes and 1 bifacial implement, possibly an abandoned roughout.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd (lead glazed earthenware).
These finds are now held by the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1984.291).
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU) and compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 14 May 1984. Information from (S1).
See file for full descriptions and location plan. This work was reported in (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2013.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S2> SNF87159 Article in Serial: 1985. Archaeological Discoveries for 1984. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 30 pp 23-36. p 27.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (5)

TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
FABRICATOR (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
ROUGHOUT (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2021 2:08PM