NHER 55778 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period findspot
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM09SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
March 2010. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey of proposed development area (Field 13).
The survey recovered a large assemblage of struck flint including flakes, blades, cores (including at least one blade core), scrapers, one arrowhead and one microlith. The microlith is Mesolithic and it is possible that two patinated soft-hammer struck bladelets and a cylindrical bladelet core are also of Mesolithic or Early Neolithic date. It is also notable that this assemblage also contained a relatively high proportion of blades, indicative of a Mesolithic date. The arrowhead is an example of the hollow base type and is therefore probable Late Neolithic in date.
Pottery dating from the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery was also recovered.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
S. Howard (HES), 30 June 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 April 2013.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF80703 Unpublished Contractor Report: Wolframm-Murray, Y. 2010. Archaeological fieldwalking and geophysical survey on land south of Attleborough, Norfolk. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 10/108.
- <S2> SNF93149 Article in Serial: Gurney, D., Bown, J. and Hoggett, R. 2011. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2010. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt II pp 262-276. p 262.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (10)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC? to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 410 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (13)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- BLADE CORE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- CORE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- BEAKER (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- HOLLOW BASED ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC? to 2351 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 411 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 12 2025 8:55AM