NHER 54914 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Upper Palaeolithic, Neolithic and prehistoric worked flint artefacts (Methwold, poorly located; Northwold, poorly located)

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Summary

Upper Palaeolithic, Neolithic and prehistoric worked flint artefacts were discovered as stray finds in unspecified fields in Methwold/Northwold.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	NORTHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Between 1980 and February 2010. Stray Find.
Various prehistoric worked flints recovered from unspecified fields around TL703966:
1 Upper Palaeolithic blade.
2 Early Neolithic pieces, including a bifacial point and a backed knife.
1 Neolithic adze blade.
2 undatable prehistoric pieces, including a flake and a bifacial point.
These finds are now held by the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.249).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), 29 April 2010. See descriptions in file and digital images.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 November 2013.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (6)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
ADZE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
KNIFE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
POINT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2016 12:03PM