NHER 32177 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints

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Summary

An incomplete Neolithic leaf arrowhead, a possible Neolithic arrowhead tip were found. A prehistoric flint knife and scrapers had been found earlier in a pipe trench. A transverse arrowhead and more scrapers have also been recovered.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL98SE
Civil Parish HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1983.
Finds mostly from west side of road near a small pond.
Large scatter including NHER 19835, 19836, 19838, and overlaps with NHER 19837. Grid reference supplied by [1].

Found by [1]:
1 Early Neolithic leaf arrowhead (incomplete). Snapped at both ends, width 23mm, thickness 3mm. Residual length 40mm. Shallow pressure flaking over whole of both surfaces. Pale grey flint with slight patina.
1 Neolithic arrowhead tip. 15 x 14 x 2mm. Sharp tip, shallow pressure flaking on both faces but some residual flake blank surface on one face. Could be from a leaf or an oblique arrowhead.
1 Neolithic miniature flint adze. See drawing (S1).

?Neolithic flint knife and scrapers earlier found in pipe trench (not seen).

Found by [2]:
1 Neolithic triangular arrowhead and scrapers (not seen).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 January 1997.

  • <S1> Illustration: Robins, P. 1997. Drawing of a Neolithic miniature flint adze. Paper. 1:1.
  • KNIFE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • ADZE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • MINIATURE OBJECT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Record last edited

Apr 16 2021 2:10PM

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