NHER 9775 (Find Spot record) - 'Sub-crag' flints
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Before 1916. Stray Find.
According to (S1) Markshall was one of the locations in which so-called "sub-crag" implements were recovered prior to 1916. The Markshall specimens were found by H. H. Halls and it is noted in (S2) that they were given to the Norwich Castle Museum (most likely NWHCM : 1924.83.6).
It should be noted that although potentially worked implements of this type were the subject of much debate during the early 20th century, most are now thought to be naturally-fractured flints.
Although the location and circumstances of these discoveries are not described in (S1), they are recorded by (S2) as having come "…from the field between Chapel Hill and the Yare". The mapped location of this record is almost certainly based on this description.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 March 2014.
A minor excavation undertaken in this area by J. E. Sainty in 1928 is now recorded under NHER 9580.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 March 2014.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87254 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous Prehistoric.
- --- 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 20 SW 6.
- <S1> SNF1554 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1916. The Norfolk Sub-Crag Implements. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol II Pt II (for 1915-16) pp 213-222. pp 220-221.
- <S2> SNF1843 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1935. Notes on the Archaeology of Markshall. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXV Pt III pp 354-367. p 355.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- EOLITH (Unknown date)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 8 2018 1:06PM