NHER 24661 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints and ?Iron Age pottery
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Summary
Fieldwalking in 1988 recovered Mesolithic blades, a Neolithic flint fabricator and a flake and a fragment of pottery that was probably Iron Age.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CRANWICH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 1988. Fieldwalking.
3 Mesolithic flint blades.
1 Neolithic fabricator and flake.
1 ?Iron Age pottery sherd ( J. Wymer (NAU) suggests Neolithic but A. Gregory (NCM) says Iron Age).
These discoveries were reported in (S1) and the finds were subsequently donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.12.8).
W. Milligan (NCM) 13 April 1988. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 August 2014.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF87170 Article in Serial: 1989. Archaeological Discoveries for 1988. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 34 pp 32-61. p 35.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (4)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FABRICATOR (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
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Record last edited
Aug 21 2015 5:49PM