NHER 7798 (Monument record) - Neolithic flint mine/flint working site

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Summary

Fieldwalking and excavation here during the period 1900-15 identified an extensive surface scatter of flint pieces as well as a flint-filled pit. Subsequent fieldwalking in the 1970s and 80s recovered more flint artefacts including axehead roughouts, a hammerstone and a pick or chisel. This evidence suggests that a flint mine and lithic tool production site was located here in the Neolithic period.

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  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG11SW
Civil Parish RINGLAND, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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1900-14. Extensive flint site of Neolithic date fieldwalked.

1914-15. Excavation of flint pit by [1].
Undated early 20th century flint finds including axes.
See (S3) for further details. It is noted in (S4) that one of the objects recorded in (S3) appears to be a medium-sized Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead.

1978. Fieldwalking of flint site.

1982-3. Fieldwalking of flint site.

1986. Fieldwalking after deep ploughing produced more flints.
Full list, detailed report, site plan (S1) and drawings (S2) of 1982-6 in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 6 February 1990.

  • --- Article in Monograph: Sainty, J. E. 1935. Norfolk Prehistory. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of the Annual Meeting, 1935. Norwich, September 4-11. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Appendix pp 60-71. p 67.
  • --- Article in Serial: 1913. Proceedings of Archaeological Societies [2 of 3]. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 191-195. p 194.
  • --- Article in Serial: Clark, W. G. 1906. The Classification of Norfolk Flint Implements. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt 2 (for 1905-1906) pp 215-230. pp 223-226.
  • --- Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Implements of Palaeolithic "Cave" Types. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt III (for 1912-13) pp 338-345. pp 339-341; Pl LXXVI.
  • --- Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
  • --- Publication: Clarke, W. G. 1922. Our Homeland Prehistoric Antiquities: and how to study them. p 103.
  • --- Publication: Clarke, W.G.. MSS 126.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Ringland.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 11 SW 8.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Map: Finder's Map.
  • <S2> Illustration: Unknown. 1990. Drawings of Neolithic flint axehead roughouts, a hammerstone and a pick or chisel.. Film. 1:1.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1915. A Prehistoric Flint-Pit at Ringland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol II Pt I (for 1914-15) pp 148-151. Pl XXXIV.
  • <S4> Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 211.
  • TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 5 2018 3:20PM

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