NHER 8083 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic/Early Neolithic worked flints, 1 Bush Road
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1954-1957. Stray Find.
Found in garden of 1 Bush Road, Upper Hellesdon:
Mesolithic-type flint implements.
Neolithic flint industry, represented by a 1 chipped axe, 1 core, scrapers, flakes etc.
Flints from this site are held by the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1958.32.9).
Information from (S1) and (S2).
The nature of the flints held by the NCM is somewhat unclear. A number of potentially Mesolithic pieces are listed in (S3), including 1 large tranchet axe, 2 cores, 27 blades/flakes and 2 microliths. This list clearly includes a number of the pieces initially identified as Neolithic. The tranchet axehead is described in greater detail in (S4). The assemblage was examined by R. Robins (NCM) in 2007 and listed as comprising:
1 tranchet axe, 2 scrapers, 2 miscellaneous retouched pieces, 2 blade cores, 12 blades/blade segments and 44 flakes. It is noted that there is scant evidence that this collection is actually Mesolithic and that most pieces could well be Early Neolithic.
See copy of notes in file.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2014 and 6 October 2014.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 21 SW 45.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S2> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Hellesdon.
- <S3> 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 206.
- <S4> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10290.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (7)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC)
- CORE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC)
- RETOUCHED BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
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Record last edited
Jun 27 2023 2:41PM