NHER 21822 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF63SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SNETTISHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1985 or earlier. Stray Find.
Found on arable land by [1]:
Numerous Mesolithic flints including 2 cores, 4 retouched blades, 3 flakes, 2 scrapers and 2 microliths (1 obliquely-blunted point with tip missing and 1 atypical obliquely-blunted point).
Also small, unifacial point of Neolithic form, and blade-like cortical flake of brown flint with shallow flaking on both parallel edges.
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU)
Also many other cores, flakes and blades not seen by J. J. Wymer (NAU).
J. J. Wymer (NAU), 17 October 1985.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (6)
- CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- RETOUCHED BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- POINT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 17 2023 3:51PM