NHER 23214 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
31 December 1986. Fenland Project fieldwalking.
Site MTW CR.
Two worked flints found in dyke-side spread. Close to where Mesolithic/Palaeolithic flints were recovered from buried island/ridge cut by dyke line in 1959 (NHER 4738). This island was clearly visible despite section covered in vegetation.
For further details see project archive (S1) and final report (S2). This site was listed as MTW U1 in (S2), which also incorporated NHER 4738
R. Silvester (NAU), 1 January 1987. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 Septeber 2013.
The finder of the worked flints recorded under NHER 4738 stated in 1988 that these were actually from this site, although as he was remembering back 30 years this is far from certain. See NHER 4738 for full details.
Information from F. Healy (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2013.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
- <S2> SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Sep 17 2013 4:07PM