NHER 6259 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG14SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1965. Stray Find.
About 365m (400 yards) west-north-west of Weybourne Brecks Farm. Found by [1] on edge of field with other stones that had probably been ploughed out and thrown to side:
1 Neolithic polished flint axehead (large). 9 3/4 inches [25cm] long, cutting edge 3 inches [7.6cm] across.
See drawing (S1).
Seen by E. B. Green (NCM), 1965. ?Going to Leicester Museum.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2014.
R. Jacobi's records (S3) list a Mesolithic flint adze/axehead as having being found by the same finder at virtually the same location. Although this is listed as being found c. 350yds north-west of Brecks Farm, the grid reference is the same as that given for the polished axehead ([2]). Jacobi received his information from the finder herself and although it is therefore probable that a Mesolithic tool was indeed found, it is possible that the reported location of one of these objects was incorrect. It should be noted that (S1) actually records the polished axehead as found on Kelling Heath, which is on the far side of the Hundred Acre Wood.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2014.
Summer 1979. Fieldwalking.
Found on edge of field north of Long Belt at c. [3]:
1 Roman pottery sherd (Samian ware).
Compiled by Mrs A. Lawson (NCM), November 1979.
Information from (S4).
Previously recorded as NHER 15606.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 June 2019.
March-April 2008. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection (Field 18).
The small number of finds recovered in this field included:
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd.
1 post-medieval button and 1 lead sheet fragment.
See report (S5) for further details. This work is also noted in (S6)
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
Previously recorded under NHER 51433.
S. Howard (NLA), 19 November 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 June 2019.
This site was extended to the whole field following the addition of the finds recovered in 1979 and 2008 [4].
P. Watkins (HES), 2 June 2019.
Before 13 April 2023. Metal-detecting. [5].
Medieval/post-medieval key escutcheon.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 April 2025.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF91633 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1965. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Weybourne.
- <S3> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10313.
- <S4> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 6259 and 15606.
- <S5> SNF72567 Unpublished Contractor Report: Westall, S. and Smith, M. 2008. An Archaeological Fieldwalking and Metal-detector Survey Along the Route of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Grid Connection. NAU Archaeology. 1808a.
- <S6> SNF81775 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Hoggett, R. 2010. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2009. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt I pp 135-147. p 146.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (7)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
- BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SHEET (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 27 2025 8:51AM