NHER 8199 (Find Spot record) - Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG32NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STALHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1948. Stray Find.
Found by [1] "north of Wayford bridge" (NCM map sheet adds "?from carted material"):
1 Mesolithic tranchet-type flint axe. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1949.87).
Information from (S1). According to (S2) this item was previously numbered twice by mistake (the second record - NHER 8190 - is now deleted).
This axehead is listed in (S3) and described in more detail in (S4).
The NCM also holds a ?Mesolithic flint blade with the same accession number that was presumably found at the same site.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 June 2014.
1949. Stray Find.
Found by [1] "north of Wayford Bridge":
1 Late Upper Palaeolithic "giant flint blade-flake". Held by Norwich Castle Museum but unregistered when identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU) in 1986. Information from (S2). This find is described as a 197mm long blade in (S5), which lists the museum accession number of the earlier find (NWHCM : 1949.87). It should be noted that this is not the same blade as that recorded above.
Although not necessarily from the same site as the 1948 find, the similarity of the recorded information makes this a strong possibility.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 June 2014.
1951. Stray Find.
Found by [1] 'By Wayford Bridge'.
1 Early Neolithic flint leaf arrowhead.
1 Neolithic flake.
Both held by NCM, but unregistered when identified in 1986. Again, these items are not certainly from the same site as the Mesolithic axe but the other details of finder etc. make this a strong possibility.
E. Rose (NAU) 16 September 1986. Information from (S2).
The leaf arrowhead is noted in (S6).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 June 2014.
Associated Sources (6)
- <S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <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 213.
- <S4> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10364.
- <S5> SNF88036 Article in Serial: Robins, P. and Wymer, J. 2006. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Long Blade) Industries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 86-95. p 94.
- <S6> SNF59203 Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk. p 639.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (5)
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 23 2016 11:35AM