NHER 60101 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic and medieval finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1975-1976 recovered a number of prehistoric worked flints, including an Early Neolithic laurel leaf and probable Neolithic scrapers, retouched flakes, cores and blades. Metal-detecting in 2025 recovered a medieval shield-shaped mount.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG04SW
Civil Parish BLAKENEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish WIVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Pre 1975. Stray Find.
This field is one of several in the Blakeney area that formed the lands of Church Farm in 1977. Prior to this date the farmer [1] had collected 38 Neolithic flaked and polished flint axeheads from these fields, although unfortunately the exact provenance of these objects was not recorded. See NHER 60094 and (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 6 July 2014.

1975-1976. Fieldwalking.
30 Acre Field (finder's Field 157/180).
Fieldwalked by [2] as part of a larger survey of the lands of Church Farm, Wiveton.
149 worked flints, including 5 end scrapers, 1 scraper on thermal flake, 4 cores (2 single platform and 2 two platform), 1 notched flake, 5 retouched flakes, 1 laurel leaf, 1 serrated flake and 12 blades/bladelets.
The bulk of the material collected was believed to be Neolithic.
See (S1) for further details in which cores, a scraper and several other implements are illustrated.
Previously recorded under NHER 15637.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 July 2014.

August-September 2025. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field GH14. [3].
Medieval shield-shaped mount depicting a crowned lion rampant.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 February 2026.

INDSET032026HGAR - PAS details awaited. [4].
Field GH14.
P. Watkins (HES), 30 March 2026.

  • <S1> Thesis: Gidney, L. J.. 1977. Some Neolithic Flint Axes and a Surface Collection from Church Farm, Wiveton, Norfolk.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LAUREL LEAF (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • NOTCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SERRATED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 30 2026 11:17AM

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