NHER 35610 (Find Spot record) - Possible Neolithic flint working site

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Summary

Fieldwalking recovered Neolithic worked flints including cores, flakes and scrapers. In one area flints from long-blade production were recorded. Some of these may derive from the post medieval production of gunflints.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL89NW
Civil Parish ICKBURGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

March to May 2000. Fieldwalking for STANTA survey. Fieldwork No: O12.
Seventeen Neolithic worked flints. See P.A. Robins' (NAU) description in file.
No ceramic finds.
See (S1) and notes in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 July 2000.

2000/2001. Fieldwalking. STANTA fieldwork no. O12.
Further flints (some of which might possibly be from post medieval gunflint production).
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 June 2001.

Site O2 (12) in (S2).
In one area two retouched flakes, eleven blade-like flakes, eight flakes, three cores; an attempt at long-blade production, possibly modern waste but an odd location.
M. Dennis (NLA), 30 March 2006.

  • --- Article in Serial: Davison, A. and Cushion, B. 2005. An Archaeological Survey of the Stanford Training Area, 2000-2. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt IV pp 602-616.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Map: Finder's Map.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Davison, A. 2002. STANTA ILMP Arable Survey. June.
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2021 9:01AM

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