NHER 7451 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint find

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Summary

A Neolithic flint fabricator was found in about 1920.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	SALLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Neolithic fabricator found in about 1920-1.
Found by W. G. Clarke.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

?Same as 'finely chipped flint chisel found at Sall on Mr.Edward Stimpson's farm. It was 5 inches in length, 3/4 of an inch wide in the middle, and tapering at each end to 3/8 of an inch. It was beautifully symmetrical, highly lustrous with ochreous patina, and both edges had been rubbed'.
Exhibited by W.G.Clarke who thought it could have come from Scandinavia.
Information from (S1).
R.J. Rickett (NAU), 21 June 1990.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF1614 Article in Serial: 1922. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt IV (for 1921-22) pp 607-624. pp 607-608.
--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Sall.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF94190 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Object Types (1)

FABRICATOR (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Salle (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 21 2016 3:25PM