NHER 5599 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Late Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic worked flints, Fengate (Weeting with Broomhill, poorly located)

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Summary

Prehistoric objects known to have been recovered at 'Fengate' in Weeting with Broomhill parish during the earlier 20th century but with little additional information regarding provenance. These finds include a Late Upper Palaeolithic crested flint blade and a number of Neolithic implements, including a tanged arrowhead and a polished axehead.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Prehistoric objects known to have been recovered at 'Fengate' in Weeting with Broomhill parish during the earlier 20th century but with little additional information regarding provenance. Fengate is probably a reference to the area around Fengate Farm (TL 775 879).

FINDS IN THE NORWICH CASTLE MUSEUM

The Norwich Castle Museum's J. S. Warburton (probably NWHCM : 1929.153.1) includes an incomplete Late Upper Palaeolithic crested flint blade. This piece is described in (S1).

OTHER FINDS:

Found at Fengate.
Polished stone axe. Parrott Collection no.116D.
Petrology Group VII, N121. (S2), (S3).
In NCM. [1]
T. Clough (NAU).

8 1/4 inches (21m) long, pointed oval cross-section.
Also a tanged arrowhead - 'Fengate'.
E. Rose (NAU).

Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 September 2014.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Weeting.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 205.
<S2> SNF2471 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.
<S3> SNF7557 Publication: Parrott Coll. Ms Catalogue. 2.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (3)

CRESTED BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Weeting with Broomhill (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Sep 9 2014 12:11PM