NHER 36995 (Find Spot record) - Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic, undatable prehistoric and medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF81NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | NEWTON BY CASTLE ACRE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Before 5 December 2001. Fieldwalking.
Various worked flints found in former orchard:
1 Late Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic retouched crested blade. See drawing (S1).
1 undatable prehistoric flint side and end scraper, 7 retouched flakes and 9 unmodified flakes
No certain edges to scatter, but more finds at north end.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM). See descriptions in file. The crested blade is listed in (S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 March 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 June 2016.
November 2024. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
Expanded to whole field. Former extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 February 2026.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF94133 Illustration: Robins, P. 2002. Drawing of a Late Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic flint crested blade from Great Dunham/Newton by Castle Acre. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF88036 Article in Serial: Robins, P. and Wymer, J. 2006. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Long Blade) Industries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 86-95. p 94.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (5)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- CRESTED BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic to Late Mesolithic - 40000 BC to 4001 BC)
- COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 28 2026 3:59AM