NHER 20961 (Find Spot record) - Upper Palaeolithic backed blade

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Summary

An Upper Palaeolithic large curved backed flint blade dating to very end of the last glaciation around 8000 to 9000 BC was found. The flint was slightly patinated. The nature of its discovery and exact location remain unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Pre November 1984. Stray Find.
Exact findspot not known but probably from fields either centred at 6920 9250, 6930 9270 or 6920 9280.
Large curved backed blade slightly patinated. Upper Palaeolithic type, dating to very end of last glaciation around 8000 to 9000 BC.
Information from [1].
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU), 23 November 1984.
R. J. Silvester (NAU), 29 November 1984.

Associated Sources (1)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)

Object Types (1)

BACKED BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Oct 22 2013 5:12PM