NHER 7858 (Find Spot record) - ?Mesolithic flint scatter
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORSFORD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1951. Stray Find.
North of High House:
Neolithic surface flint site "with Mesolithic tendencies". Finds donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1951.170 : A). Information from (S1).
Flints listed in (S2) as Mesolithic include 1 flaked axehead, 1 pick, 5 cores and 2 blades/flakes. This assemblage was also examined by R. Jacobi, with the potentially Mesolithic pieces listed in (S3) as 1 small ?unfinished axehead, 1 pick, 2 blade cores, 1 flake core, 2 flake/blade cores, 2 irregular blades and 7 scrapers. Jacobi notes that although these finds had previously been classed as Mesolithic, there was nothing in the assemblage that was clearly so.
Although this material was originally recorded as Neolithic (both by (S1) and the NCM's records) it appears unlikely that any pieces of definite Neolithic date are present. No diagnostic tools are listed in (S4) and Jacobi makes no reference to any flints of probable Neolithic date.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 May 2014.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 7858 and 13329.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 11 SE 3.
- <S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Horsford.
- <S2> SNF8776 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 207.
- <S3> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10275.
- <S4> SNF59203 Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (6)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- PICK (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jul 21 2018 11:31PM