NHER 1066 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds on land east of Spong Farm
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTH ELMHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1975. Fieldwalking.
Scatters of flints in Fields 22, 38 and 39 including polished flint 'chisel' (found at [1]).
Information from (S1) and (S2).
These finds were donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1994.192.AS8364).
The Neolithic worked flints were examined by F. Healy and listed in (S3) as comprising flakes, retouched flakes, cores, blades, scrapers, a borer, a fragment of an end-polished chisel, and a fragment of a leaf-shaped arrowhead. See drawings (S4)/(S5), (S6), (S7)/(S8), several of which are reproduced in (S3).
Other objects recovered at this location included Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery, fragments of lava quern and an undated buckle.
See note and lists of pre-1982 Spong fieldwalking finds in file.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 April 2019.
1979. Stray Find.
Found just to north of marl pit:
Flint flint scraper.
Information from (S1).
H. Hamilton (NLA), 17 December 2007.
November 1998. Excavation.
Three boreholes were excavated archaeologically by NAU.
No archaeological finds or features were identified.
Information from (S9) in secondary file.
E. Rose (NLA), 9 March 1999.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 91 NE 17.
- <S3> SNF59203 Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk. pp 8-10.
- <S4> SNF98682 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1985. Drawing of a Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrowhead. Film. 1:1.
- <S5> SNF81733 Illustration: Healy, F. 1985. Drawing of a Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrowhead. Film. 1:1.
- <S6> SNF81732 Illustration: Healy, F. 1985. Drawing of a Neolithic flint end scraper. Film. 1:1.
- <S7> SNF81731 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1985. Drawing of a Neolithic end-polished flint chisel. Film. 1:1.
- <S8> SNF93469 Illustration: Healy, F. 1985. Drawing of a Neolithic end-polished flint chisel. Film. 1:1.
- <S9> SNF66759 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hutcheson, A. 1999. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at North Elmham. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 393.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (20)
- BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- CHISEL (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- CORE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POINT (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- BUCKLE (Unknown date)
- POT (Unknown date)
- QUERN (Unknown date)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
May 17 2022 1:57PM