NHER 55305 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric lithic implements

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Summary

A watching brief in 2009 recovered a flint flakes, blade-like flake and retouched flake of prehistoric date and a discoidal scraper of Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG11SE
Civil Parish COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

March - August 2009. Watching Brief.
East Hills to Norwich Ring Main Water Pipeline Scheme (Field 16).
The excavation revealed flint flakes, blade-like flake and retouched flake of prehistoric date and a discoidal scraper of Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date.
See (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.90).
S. Howard (HES), 28 February 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015 and May 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Phelps, A. 2010. An Archaeological Watching Brief on the East Hill to Norwich Ring Main Water Pipeline Scheme. NAU Archaeology. 2056.
  • BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • DISCOIDAL KNIFE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

May 11 2019 1:55PM

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