NHER 20998 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic and later worked flints from lands of Banhams Farm (Methwold, poorly located)

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Summary

Between 1964 and 1984 a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead, a Neolithic flaked flint axehead, three Beaker period barbed and tanged arrowheads, eight Mesolithic or Neolithic blades and other prehistoric worked flints were found. One piece of Beaker period pot was also recorded. The exact locations of these discoveries are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

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

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Around 1964 to 1984. Stray Find.
Various finds from 'lands of Banhams Farm'. This area is a series of Fen-edge fields on west side of the Cut Off Channel. The Banham Farm farmhouse is at TL 704 431 but its lands extend onto TL 69 SE.
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet axe. See drawing (S1).
8 Mesolithic/Neolithic flint blades.
1 Neolithic flint axe. Broken and rechipped in two places. See drawing (S2).
9 Neolithic flint scrapers and 3 hammerstones.
1 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pottery sherd (Beaker) and 3 barbed and tanged flint arrowheads.
Information from [1] (landowner).
Identified by J.J. Wymer (NAU) and compiled by R.J. Silvester (NAU), 13 December 1984.
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 November 2013.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF9259 Photograph: CQR 1-6.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF90124 Illustration: Wymer, J. J. 1984. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Methwold. Paper. 1:1.
<S2> SNF90125 Illustration: Wymer, J. J. 1984. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axe fragment from Methwold. Paper. 1:1.
<S3> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (7)

BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
HAMMERSTONE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Nov 11 2019 5:33PM