NHER 52890 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints and post-medieval metal objects

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Summary

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

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF93NW
Civil Parish WALSINGHAM, 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 265-292).
Finds comprised prehistoric worked flints and post-medieval objects.
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 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2008.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)
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SHEET (Unknown date)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 21 2019 5:43PM

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