NHER 61973 (Monument record) - Possible Neolithic flint mines
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL89NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STANFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1995. Analytical Earthwork Survey.
Survey by Royal Commission as part of a national project investigating Neolithic flint mines.
A series of clustered depressions were identified at this location, approximately 330m to the north of the probable flint mine that was the focus of the survey (NHER 5086). Although it is possible that these depressions are the remains of similar features, at present their nature remains uncertain.
It was observed that the site surveyed had been landscaped and levelled and that the shifting sandy soil may also have obscured traces of extraction.
See publication (S1) for plan and brief discussion of the Buckenham Tofts survey. This survey is also noted in (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2017.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF97216 Publication: Barber, M., Field, D. and Topping, P. 1999. The Neolithic Flint Mines of England. pp 3, 33, 55-57, 75; Fig 4.1.
- <S2> SNF86445 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1997. Addenda to Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt IV p 564.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 20 2017 10:24PM