NHER 30572 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints and Late Saxon to medieval/post-medieval finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1977 identified two scatters of Neolithic worked flints. Subsequent fieldwalking and metal-detecting between 1994 and 2015 recovered over 140 additional prehistoric flint artefacts as well as a Late Saxon strap-end; a medieval buckle and strap fitting and medieval/post-medieval lead weights and a copper alloy vessel leg. The prehistoric worked flints included Mesolithic cores and blades; Early Neolithic leaf arrowheads, laurel leafs; Neolithic flaked axehead roughouts; a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age knife and scrapers and a range of undatable prehistoric tools and debitage.

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  • None recorded

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Civil Parish COSTESSEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1977. Fieldwalking.
Two concentrations of Neolithic worked flints identified by [1]:
First at [7] (Context 1, previously recorded as NHER 13218).
Second at [8] (Context 2, previously recorded as NHER 13219).
Information from (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2014.

1994. Fieldwalking.
Various worked flints found by [2]:
1 undatable prehistoric piercer, 10 end scrapers, 3 side scrapers, 1 large globular core, 2 trimming flakes, 1 flake and 1 hammerstone.
1 Mesolithic small two-platform core, 1 core tablet (platform rejuvenation flake) and several blades.
1 ?Early Neolithic ?unfinished laurel leaf and several long narrow flakes.
1 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age plano-convex knife and 4 small side/side and end scrapers.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), 3 March 1994. See list and descriptions in file.
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 22 March 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2014.

1994 to 1998. Fieldwalking.
Probable Neolithic/undatable prehistoric worked flints.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 March 2000.

Before July 2002. Surface finds.
Forty-two worked flints, Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, including some undatable prehistoric.
See P. Robins (NCM) descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 October 2002.

Before December 2003. Fieldwalking (part systematic).
Additional worked flints found by [2]:
9 undatable prehistoric flint flakes, 1 blade, 1 single-platform flake core, 2 core tablets, 1 ?notched flake, 2 retouched flakes, 1 knife, 1 ?knife, 4 end scrapers, 1 end and side scraper, 4 borers, 3 ?borers and 1 combination scraper/spurred piece.
1 Mesolithic two-opposed-platform blade core and 1 single-platform conical blade core.
1 Early Neolithic leaf arrowhead, 1 ?unfinished leaf arrowhead and 1 laurel leaf fragment.
3 Neolithic flaked axehead roughouts.
2 Late Neolithic Levallois cores.
2 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age 'thumbnail' scrapers.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM). See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 April 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2014.

May 2012. Fieldwalking. [3].
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age notched flake, 1 borer and 1 end scraper.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2014.

May 2014. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Saxon strap-end.
Medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014.

May-September 2014. Metal-detecting. [5].
Medieval strap fitting.
Medieval/post-medieval weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 November 2014.

September 2014-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [6].
Medieval/post-medieval lead weights and a copper alloy vessel leg.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 August 2016.

  • --- Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1995. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1994. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt II pp 221-229. p 221.
  • --- Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2005. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk in 2004. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt IV pp 736-750. p 738.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 13218 and 13219.
  • BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • COMBINATION TOOL (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • END SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • END SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • KNIFE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • KNIFE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • KNIFE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • NOTCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SIDE SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BORER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • CORE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LAUREL LEAF (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • LAUREL LEAF (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • LAUREL LEAF (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • END SCRAPER (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • LEVALLOIS CORE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LEVALLOIS CORE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • THUMB NAIL SCRAPER (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon - 950 AD to 1050 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1425 AD to 1475 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1539 AD)

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Apr 11 2022 1:06PM

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