NHER 52884 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints and post-medieval knife

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Summary

Metal-detecting and a watching brief in 2006 revealed prehistoric worked flints and part of a post-medieval knife.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF93NE
Civil Parish BINHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

February-March 2006. Watching Brief and Metal-detecting Survey.
Monitoring and metal-detecting undertaken during topsoil stripping and trenching for Binham to Houghton St Giles water pipeline (Collection Units 52-55 and 125-131)
Finds comprised prehistoric flint flakes and a blade, burnt flint and a post-medieval copper alloy knife end stop.
See report (S1) for further information. The results of this work are also noted in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.116).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 2 July 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2015 and 21 June 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2008. A Metal-detector survey and Archaeological Watching Brief on the Binham to Houghton St Giles pipeline, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1150.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2007. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2006. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt II pp 261-273. p 262.
  • BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 19 2021 2:09PM

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