NHER 56290 (Monument record) - Middle Palaeolithic Mousterian point and post-medieval field system

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Summary

In February 2011 an archaeological watching brief revealed a post-medieval field system with evidence for an earlier enclosure and field system. In one of the ditches a residual Middle Palaeolithic Mousterian point was recovered.

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Map sheet	TL88SE
Civil Parish	THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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February 2011. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with alterations to TNT Thetford Depot.
This work revealed ditches forming the remains of a post-medieval field system. Two ditches may represent evidence for an earlier enclosure and field system. A residual Middle Palaeolithic flint Mousterian point was recovered in one of the ditches. These objects are made on Levallois flakes and are rare in Norfolk.
See report (S1) in file for full details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.452).
S. Howard (HES), 1 December 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2019.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF82762 Unpublished Contractor Report: Thompson, T., Barlow, G. and Dyson, A. 2011. TNT Thetford Depot, Fison's Way Industrial Estate, Norfolk. Archaeological Monitoring of Works under Archaeological Supervision. Archaeological Solutions. 3751.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (2)

POINT (Middle Palaeolithic - 150000 BC to 40001 BC)
BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

May 16 2019 7:20PM