NHER 1088 (Find Spot record) - Probable Mesolithic or Neolithic worked bone from Holme next the Sea beach

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Summary

In 1955 a worked piece of red deer bone was found on Holme next the Sea beach. It may have been deliberately made into a tool and is probably Mesolithic or Neolithic.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF64SE
Civil Parish	HOLME NEXT THE SEA, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1955. Stray Find
Tool of metatarsal of red deer picked up at 'The Firs' beach embedded in lump of peat washed up by the sea. It is unclear whether this is merely utilised bone or a deliberate tool. Probably Mesolithic or Neolithic. Now held by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1955.81). Information via R.R. Clarke (NCM), 1955. Details from (S1).

Material not checked.
E. Rose. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 December 2013.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Holme next the Sea.
<S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

Object Types (1)

WORKED OBJECT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC?)

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2021 2:23PM