NHER 22243 (Find Spot record) - Late Upper Palaeolithic to Mesolithic worked flint and Iron Age/Roman and Roman pottery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM38NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EARSHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1985. Stray Finds.
Objects recovered within dredgings from River Waveney on Outney Common, Bungay (TM 3252 8998):
1 Upper Palaeolithic/Early Mesolithic flint blade (120mm long) and 1 burin on small flake (resharpened). These objects were initially identified as Mesolithic on (S1), but are listed as Late Upper Palaeolithic in (S2).
1 Mesolithic obliquely blunted pointed microlith. Form suggests Early Mesolithic. See similar examples from Thatcham, Star Carr, Kelling etc.
1 Roman greyware pottery sherd.
1 ?Roman pottery sherd. Coarse gritty base, ?wheel made. Probably Roman but could be Iron Age.
Flints identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU) and pottery by A. Gregory (NAU). Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 January 2014.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- FINDSPOT (Upper Palaeolithic to Early Mesolithic - 40000 BC to 7001 BC)
- (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC? to 409 AD?)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Object Types (5)
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic to Early Mesolithic - 40000 BC to 7001 BC)
- BURIN (Upper Palaeolithic to Early Mesolithic - 40000 BC to 7001 BC)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- POT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC? to 409 AD?)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Jan 14 2014 3:32PM