NHER 6604 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic flint microlith (Gresham, poorly located)

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Summary

A Mesolithic microlith was found at an unknown location in Gresham in 1883.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	GRESHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

1883. Stray Find.
A flint "pygmy implement" from Gresham was exhibited by J. Cox at a meeting of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia on 23 March 1914. According to (S1) it had been found in 1883. Information from (S2). This probable Mesolithic microlith is mentioned in (S3) and (S4), although no additional information is given.
Possibly amongst the finds in the Norwich Castle Museum's Cox-Barclay Collection (NWHCM : 1935.57)?
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 June 2014.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF86966 Article in Serial: 1914. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt IV (for 1913-14) pp 485-491. p 490.
<S2> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
<S3> SNF2110 Article in Serial: Sainty, J. E. 1945. Mesolithic Sites in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVIII Pt IV pp 234-237. p 235.
<S4> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10256.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Object Types (1)

MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Gresham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2016 12:14PM