NHER 24383 (Find Spot record) - ?Mesolithic and later prehistoric worked flints
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Summary
Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a scatter of prehistoric worked flints including a Mesolithic flint blade.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
17 March 1988. Fenland Project fieldwalking.
Good weathered ploughsoil.
Site MTW FN.
Occasional worked flints from sandhills, no concentrations. One of these flints was identified by F. Healy (NAU) as a Mesolithic blade.
For further details see project archive (S1) and final report (S2).
R. Silvester (NAU), 17 March 1988. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 November 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 (2)
Object Types (2)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Nov 21 2013 11:33AM