NHER 59553 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Late Upper Palaeolithic flint long blade, Gamekeeper's Cottage, Two Mile Bottom (Thetford, poorly located)

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Summary

A Late Upper Palaeolithic flint long blade from the Two Mile Bottom area has been identified in a collection of flints held by the Norwich Castle Museum.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Pre 1938. Stray Find.
Pointed Upper Palaeolithic long blade (137mm in length). This object was identified by J. J. Wymer and P. Robins (NCM) amongst material collected by J. H. Capon now held by the Norwich Castle Museum ( NWHCM : 1938.160 : G). See (S1).

This object is recorded as having been found at "Gamekeeper's Cottage, Two Mile Bottom. This exact location of this site is unclear. The grid reference listed in (S1) (TL 8495 8705) is simply a general reference for the Two Mile Bottom area.

P. Watkins (HES), 25 July 2013.

  • <S1> Article in Serial: Robins, P. and Wymer, J. 2006. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Long Blade) Industries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 86-95. p 95.
  • BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)

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Record last edited

Oct 25 2018 1:06PM

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