NHER 20496 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint objects, Iron Age baked clay sling shot, Breckland Forest
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL78NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May to June 1984. In Breckland Forest, on east side of A1065 between Brandon and Mundford, in area where trees had been grubbed up.
Surface collection made by [1], comprising one Iron Age baked clay sling shot and fifty-two pieces of struck flint (one core, four pieces of irregular waste, thirty-eight flakes including four blades, five scrapers, one borer, one bifacially flaked fragment, perhaps of a pick or fabricator, two miscellaneous retouched pieces).
Sling shot identified by A. Gregory (NAU), June 1984.
Flint identified Frances Healy (NAU), June 1984.
F. Healy (NAU), 3 July1984
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (6)
- BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FABRICATOR (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SLING SHOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 26 2014 10:18AM