NHER 9668 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic finds

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Summary

A number of Neolithic antler picks used in flint mining, together with possible human remains, were found in the mid 18th century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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Civil Parish KIRBY BEDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Various red deer antler picks (and possibly a human skeleton) in NCM from 1746. Six with no label (?Arderon's original specimens) Shed antler; Chalk marl 1868 T. G. Bayfield Number 94. Part of antler and base of shed antler R. Fitch Number 98 and 100. Base of shed antler; Chalk Marl No.152 Colman Collection (S1); quoted with comments by F. Kitton from (S2), (S3), (S4), (S5).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Press cuttings (S3) in file.
E. Rose (NAU).

  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1932. Whitlingham, one of the most noted prehistoric sites. 8 October.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Kirby Bendon.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Unpublished Document: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1971. Flint Mine Sites.
  • <S1> Serial: 1878. NNNT (Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalist' Society). Vol II. pp 436-437.
  • <S2> Serial: 1746. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. vol9 of abridgement 1809,.
  • <S3> Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. [Letters to the editor titled 'A Whitlingham Problem'].
  • <S4> Article in Serial: Antiquity. Antiquity. Vol VII, pp 166, 193. pp 166, 193.
  • <S5> 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.
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • PICK (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Nov 13 2019 9:11PM

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