NHER 23636 (Find Spot record) - Worked flints of possible Mesolithic/Early Neolithic date

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Summary

Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Project recovered two worked flints of possible Mesolithic/Early Neolithic date.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF61SE
Civil Parish	MARHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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24 March 1987. Fenland Project fieldwalking.
Site MRM AO.
Weathered soil. Two worked flints (1 blade core fragment and 1 core trimming flake) from mineral soil. These flints were identified by F. Healy (NAU) as possibly Mesolithic or Early Neolithic.
For further details see project archive (S1) and final publication (S2).
R. Silvester (NAU), 24 March 1987. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 November 2013.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
<S2> SNF8173 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)

Object Types (2)

BLADE CORE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)

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Record last edited

Aug 3 2021 8:01AM