NHER 5162 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Curtis Field 5, Ordnance Survey field 335.
9 May 1954. Context 3.
Polished stone axe, N162, Curtis Catalogue 36, NCM find 95 at 6912 9053.
See (S1).
Context 2.
Also three leaf arrowheads from this field in Curtis Catalogue.
F. Healy (NAU).
1963. Context 4.
Roman copper alloy ring in east corner of field.
KLM 90.963.
Information from (S2).
1964.
Barbed and tanged arrowhead, square barbs, early Bronze Age, NCM find 71, at 6915 9055.
Plano convex knife, NCM find 72 at 6906 9055. Same as scale flaked knife in Secker collection?
F. Healy (NAU).
Context 2.
Chipped and polished flint axehead, find 68 at 6908 9046.
Leaf shaped arrowhead, Windmill Hill type, find 70 at 6901 9052.
Another of same, find 69 at 6911 9050.
See (S1).
Compiled from NCM cards by T. H. Mck. Clough (NCM), information from F. Healy (NAU), and (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 23 October 1981.
Note: general scatter above of flints (context 2) restricted to former southern field only. Context 1 general scatter over northern field as well (two fields now amalgamated).
23 December 1985. Context 1.
General scatter flints including barbed and tanged arrowhead FWL DX.
Context 5 at 6911 9057. Weathered ploughsoil.
On small ridge of chalk loam with higher than normal sand content, concentration pot boilers (abundant).
TL 6906 9051
Flint knife/dagger of Beaker period found 1962, NCM.
Part of context 2.
Information from [1].
See (S3).
R. J. Rickett (NAU), 2 April 1990.
1991. Context 8 at TL 6888 9065.
During work on farm, polished grey (part iron stained) flint axe.
See (S1).
W. Milligan (NCM), 19 April 1991.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S4).
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF14845 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 148. FENS.
- --- SNF14846 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 149. FENS.
- --- SNF14848 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 150. FENS.
- --- SNF15075 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL DX. FENS.
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Feltwell [5].
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80738 Illustration: Milligan, W.. 1991. Sketch of a Neolithic polished grey flint axe.. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF52553 Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map.
- <S3> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 69 SE 29.
- <S4> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (10)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- DAGGER (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 27 2021 7:43AM