NHER 45377 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic flints from Manor Farm, Bale (Gunthorpe, poorly located)

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Summary

In 2006 the Norwich Castle Museum examined a collection of worked flints that had been recovered over the course of several years at Manor Farm, Bale. These flints appear to be mostly of Early Mesolithic date and are therefore a signficant assemblage, provides further evidence for Mesolithic activity on the North Norfolk till plateau.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Ecclesiastical	BALE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	GUNTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Pre July 2006. Fieldwalking/Stray Find.
Worked flints found over the course of several years at Manor Farm, Bale:
6 flint blade cores, 1 flake core, 37 blades and 48 flake/flake fragments.
Although there is a lack of diagnostic pieces this assemblage the blades and blade cores can be firmly dated to the Early Mesolithic. It is an important assemblage as it provides further evidence for Mesolithic activity on the North Norfolk till plateau.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see descriptions and notes in file.
These discoveries are noted in (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 July 2006. Amended by P. Watins

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF88164 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2007. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk in 2006. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt II pp 250-261. p 250.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (7)

BLADE (Early Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 7001 BC)
BLADE CORE (Early Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 7001 BC)
CORE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
END SCRAPER (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 4 2016 12:23PM