NHER 23453 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic, Neolithic and medieval/post-medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
January 1987. Stray Find.
Found by [1] on drilled field on north side of the River Tudd, north-east of Stone Road Bridge, at about flood plain level (field very gravelly and majority of flints stained brown):
1 Palaeolithic flint flake. Primary flake of deeply stained ochreous flint. Very rolled with ancient edge damage.
This discovery was reported in (S1) and the flake itself was subsequently donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.14.3). See sketch on reverse of (S2).
J. Wymer (NAU) 27 February 1987. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 May 2013.
October 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
3 medieval/post-medieval vessel fragments.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 31 January 2017. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 7 February 2017.
September-October 2018. Metal-detecting. [3].
Half of a Neolithic ground and polished axehead.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 December 2018.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF87168 Article in Serial: 1988. Archaeological Discoveries for 1987. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 33 pp 30-56. p 43.
- <S2> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Dereham.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (3)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1850 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 24 2020 12:18PM