NHER 21307 (Monument record) - Post medieval flint working site
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL89SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Autumn 1984. Fieldwalking.
Survey by [1] of Forestry Commission Plantation T.71 after felling of trees.
Around 75 to 100 crude flakes, some large, presumably prehistoric. Also a small number of proximal and distal segments of gun flint blades. Latter at TL 8225 9084.
Identified by J.J. Wymer (NAU).
See report (S1) for further details.
J.J.Wymer (NAU), 29 April 1985. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2015.
April 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
No features typically associated with flint mining were identified on imagery from a recent lidar survey (S2).
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 3rd April 2017.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF63521 Unpublished Report: Bailey, D. 1985. Fieldwalking Report - "Prehistoric Survey". Forestry Commission Plantation T.71.
- <S2> SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Lynford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUN-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 3 2017 11:02AM