NHER 4896 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period prehistoric finds, field opposite Heath Farm
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
23 March 1944. Stray Find.
Found by R. F. Parrot in field opposite Heath Farm (old O.S field 124):
1 prehistoric perforated quartzite macehead (finder's Coll. No. 385B). Measuring 6 inches [15 cm] x 5 inches [12.5cm] and weighing 2 pounds 14 ounces [1.3kg]. Some details taken from notebook left by Parrott.
Information from (S1).
Also noted in (S2). Part of Parrott Collection - see below.
Although initially recorded as Neolithic these objects are generally seen as not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 October 2013.
Pre 1961. Stray Find.
The Parrott Collection includes a number of prehistoric objects that are recorded as having been found in the "field opposite [Heath] farm", which is believed to be a reference to this location. The Parrott Collection was previously on loan to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1961.142) but is now housed at Weeting Primary School.
Finds with this provenance include 1 Mesolithic flint ?microlith fragment (Coll. No. 79c) that is described in (S3). A number of later prehistoric worked flints are listed in (S2), including:
3 Early Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowheads (1 tanged) and 2 laurel leaves.
1 Neolithic (or later?) tranverse petit tranchet derivative arrowhead, 4 oblique petit tranchet derivative arrowheads, 2 triangular arrowheads, 1 projectile head, 1 long-pointed piercer (borer) and 2 polished flint axes (fragmentary).
14 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowheads, 1 tanged arrowhead and 2 plano-convex knives.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2014.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Feltwell.
- <S2> SNF59203 Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk. pp 158-159.
- <S3> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10241.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (11)
- MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BORER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LAUREL LEAF (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- PROJECTILE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- TRIANGULAR ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 12 2021 2:25AM