NHER 60551 (Find Spot record) - Late prehistoric woerked flints and medieval jug handle

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Summary

A watching brief in May 2014 revealed four Neolithic to Early Bronze Age worked flints and a single abraded piece of the handle of a medieval jug.

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Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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May 2014. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groudworks associated with construction of residential dwelling.
Four examples of prehistoric struck flint (1 chip and 3 flakes) were recovered and suggest Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flintworking in the vicinity. A single fragment from a medieval Grimston-type jug of 13th-14th century date was collected as a residual find.
See report (S1) for further information.
A. Cattermole (HES), 20 November 2014.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF92442 Unpublished Contractor Report: Emery, G. 2014. Archaeological Monitoring at No. 1 Keeper's Cottage, White Horse Lane, Arminghall, Norfolk. Norvic Archaeology. 48.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (3)

FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
JUG (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1399 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 11 2015 8:50AM