NHER 5132 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic worked flints

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Summary

Neolithic worked flints including knives, a borer, a chisel, adzes, scrapers and axeheads were found at the beginning of the 20th century. The exact nature and location of these discoveries are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Around 1904 to 1905.
One flint knife (S1).

Around 1914.
One partly ground knife, roughly oval with convex back and edge ground at one end only 6.6cm (2.6 inches) x 5cm (2 inches).
See (S2).

Around 1910.
One borer.
See (S3).

Around 1910.
One chipped chisel.
See (S3).

Around 1908.
?Two flat oval knives - ?one has both faces chipped. Each (2.3 inches) x 3.81cm (1.5 inches).
See (S6).

Around 1910.
One small triangular adze with sharp sides.

Around 1911.
One elongate adze with convex back and rounded cutting edge
See (S3), (S4) and (S2).

Around 1915.
1. Three scrapers, one large horse-shoe-shaped.
2. Combined scraper and borer, stout triangular blade being extended into a tang like point 7.4 cm (2.9 inches) x 6.35cm (2.5 inches).
See (S7).

Around 1915.
Celts including chisel-edge.
See (S7).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Lynford [8].
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF1137 Article in Serial: 1908. Appendix No. II. List of local objects purchased for the museum with the grants made by the society to December 1905. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiqarian Society. Vol XII (New Series Vol VI) pp 12-13. p 12.
<S2> SNF1583 Article in Serial: 1915. Cambridge Antiquarian Society Collection. Cambridge Antiquarian Society Collection. Vol XIX, p 95. pp 91-100.
<S3> SNF1457 Article in Serial: 1912. Appendix II. Purchases by the curator of the museum of Archaeology and Ethnology with grants from the Council. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol XVI (New Series Vol X) pp 10-13. p 10.
<S5> SNF1652 Article in Serial: Layard, N. F. 1919. Flint Tools Showing Well-defined Finger-grips. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History. Vol XVII Pt 1 pp 1-12. Pl XIII.
<S6> SNF1276 Article in Serial: 1909. Appendix. Purchases by the curator of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology with grants from the Council. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiqarian Society. Vol XIII (New Series Vol VII) pp 7-11. p 8.
<S7> SNF1599 Article in Serial: 1917. Purchases made by the curator of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology with the grant from the Council of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society for 1915. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiqarian Society. Vol XX (New Series Vol XIV) p 14.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Object Types (8)

ADZE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
BORER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
CHISEL (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Jul 31 2018 5:43PM