NHER 4841 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age flint and stone objects (Methwold, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Various prehistoric flint and stone objects found during the late 19th century and early 20th century in Methwold parish, but with no additional information regarding provenance.
FINDS IN THE NORWICH CASTLE MUSEUM
The NCM's J. S. Warburton Collection (NWHCM : 1929.153) includes 9 Mesolithic flint blades that are marked as being from Methwold. No other details are recorded.
FINDS POSSIBLY IN THE KING'S LYNN MUSEUM
The King's Lynn Museun holds a ?Mesolithic flint core from an unknown site in Methwold. This is described as patinated white and having had long thin flakes (?blades) removed.
Information from record card (S1), which has a sketch by I. Thatcher on its reverse.
This object cannot be identified in the museum's records and it is not noted in (S2), which does list other material from this museum.
The HES also holds a sketch made by Thatcher at the same time of another flint object that was recorded as being in King's Lynn Museum (S3). This "flint hoe?" was from an unknown site.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 November 2013.
FINDS IN OTHER MUSEUMS
The British Museum Sturge Collection includes a number of Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic worked flints that are recorded as being from "Methwold". These are noted by (S4) and listed in the museum's records simply as "debitage". One of the flints is however known to be a Late Upper Palaeolithic partially-crested blade. This was identified by R. Jacobi and is described in (S5). The nature of the other flints remains unclear - none are listed in (S3).
Previously recorded as NHER 11492.
The Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology holds a Mesolithic tranchet axe from Methwold. This object was acquired from the Cambridge Antiquarian Society in 1906 and is noted in (S6). It is listed in (S3) and described in (S5).
Information from (S4).
Previously recorded as NHER 13344.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 November 2013.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S2> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 210.
- <S3> SNF90117 Illustration: Thatcher, I. 1949. Sketch of a worked flint object from Methwold. Paper. 1:1.
- <S4> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 11492 and 13344.
- <S5> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 68; 10296.
- <S6> SNF2110 Article in Serial: Sainty, J. E. 1945. Mesolithic Sites in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVIII Pt IV pp 234-237.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (5)
- CRESTED BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 17 2018 1:30PM