NHER 5721 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric and Roman finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1960. Stray Find. [1].
Part of Neolithic perforated stone macehead (same site as Roman pot sherds etc).
N.112 examined Dr F.S. Wallis. Identified as Group XVIII, see (S1).
Find held by NCM.
R.R. Clarke (NCM) and T. Clough (NAU).
1960. Dredged from Little Ouse south of Two Mile Bottom Manure Works.
Roman potsherds, animal bones.
Finds held by NCM.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Before 23 April 2024. Stray Find. [2].
13 Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age worked flints.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 October 2024 and 23 February 2025.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF90756 Article in Serial: Williams-Thorpe, O., Webb, P. C. and Jones, M. C. 2003. Non-destructive geochemical and magnetic characterisation of Group XVIII dolerite stone axes and shaft-hole implements from England. Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol 30 pp 1237-1267.
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Thetford.
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Thetford.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 88 NE 11.
- --- SNF87125 Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 5.
- <S1> 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.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (5)
- ASSEMBLAGE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
- MACE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SIDE SCRAPER (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1601 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 21 2026 7:22PM