NHER 31900 (Monument record) - Possible Mesolithic or Early Neolithic occupation site
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
March 1996. Field Observation.
Concentration of worked and burnt flints exposed during excavation of 'wader pond' by Forestry Commission. These artefacts were recovered from a 20cm thick deposit that overlay the natural sand. This layer was sealed beneath a 40cm deep peat deposit.
The mass of worked flints found included large brown core rejuvenation flakes, a possible axe roughout and a large bifacial scraper. This was described as being "Clearly [an] occupation site with extensive flint working, identifiable though a lack of obvious animal bone or pottery." Although the objects recovered were not particularly diagnostic the site was thought to be of Early Neolithic or Mesolithic date.
Some pieces are in the possession of J. Goldsmith (NCM) who visited site with P. Robins (NCM) 21 March. See file for notes by C. Pendleton (SCCAS).
E. Rose (NLA), 24 July 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2013.
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (6)
- CORE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- DEBITAGE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- POT BOILER (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- ROUGHOUT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
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Record last edited
Jul 24 2014 9:13AM