NHER 9334 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | COLNEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1954. Stray Find.
Found by [1] on east side of Hethersett Lane.
2 prehistoric chipped flint axehead and 1 flint fabricator. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1956.270). Information from (S1).
One of the axeheads was subsequently identified as Mesolithic by J. J. Wymer and is listed as such in (S2) and (S3). The second axehead is also listed in R. Jacobi's records (S3), where it is described as a small adze with a tranchet blow on each side. It does not appear to have been recorded as Mesolithic so it is possible that Jacobi felt it was more likely to be Early Neolithic in date.
E. Rose (NLA). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 March 2014.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- 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 10 NE 56.
- <S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Colney.
- <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.
- <S3> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10133; 10195.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (3)
- FABRICATOR (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- ADZE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 1 2016 11:59AM