NHER 60116 (Find Spot record) - Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic flint blade, Weybourne Heath
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG14SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Pre 1978. Stray Find.
Leicester University holds a the proximal end of a prehistoric large flint blade that was found on Weybourne Heath (L 1978.370). This object is listed in R. Jacobi's records (S1) suggesting that it was identified as Upper Palaeolithic or Mesolithic. Jacobi noted that the blade was too massive to be a Kelling piece - a reference to the Mesolithic flint industry identified by J. E. Sainty on nearby Kelling Heath (NHER 6246). No details regarding the date or circumstances of discovery of this piece are recorded.
According to (S1) this was found at approximately TG 120 415. The area known as Weybourne Heath covered the whole of the area now occupied by Weybourne Wood and also extended as far west as the Bodham Road. The grid reference listed in (S1) therefore places this discovery well within the area that was once Weybourne Heath.
P. Watkins (HES), 30 July 2014.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10411.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic to Late Mesolithic - 40000 BC? to 4001 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jul 30 2014 8:00PM