NHER 52891 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint awl and post-medieval harness mount

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Summary

Metal-detecting and a watching brief in 2006 revealed a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint awl and a post-medieval harness mount.

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 a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint awl and a post-medieval harness mount.
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 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2008.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.
  • AWL (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2022 1:36PM

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