NHER 28430 (Find Spot record) - Late Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic flint blade core
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Summary
In 1987 a Late Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic flint blade core was recovered from a garden in this area.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOKE HOLY CROSS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1987. Stray Find.
Found by [1] whilst gardening (after new house built in market garden):
1 Late Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic narrow long blade core with double cresting. 33mm long. Around 8000BC. This discovery was reported in (S1).
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU), 11 September 1990 and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 1 August 1990.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 March 2014.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF86393 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1992. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1991. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt III pp 362-370. p 363.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- BLADE CORE (Upper Palaeolithic to Late Mesolithic - 40000 BC to 4001 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 28 2014 5:05PM