NHER 40406 (Find Spot record) - Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age flint working site
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Summary
Fifty-eight Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age worked flints, part of a medieval or post medieval vessel leg, a post medieval furniture fitting and a post medieval coin were found here by metal detecting. The number of worked flint tools and flakes recovered suggests this was a flint working site.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | SWARDESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
2003 to 2004. Metal detecting.
Undatable prehistoric (probably Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age) flints.
One post medieval coin.
Medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists and (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 May 2004.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (7)
- BORER (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
- CORE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
- FLAKE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
- VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 28 2014 2:04PM