NHER 1108 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic/Neolithic worked flints
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF64SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | OLD HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Pre 1960. Fieldwalking.
Various prehistoric worked flints found during fieldwalking by H. le Strange prior to 1960.
Found in old O.S field 133:
2 Mesolithic/Neolithic scrapers and 1 core rejuvenation flake.
Found in old O.S field 146.
1 Mesolithic/Neolithic core, end scrapers and flake scrapers. More likely to be Mesolithic rather than Neolithic.
Previously recorded as NHER 1138.
Found in old O.S field 134:
2 Mesolithic/Neolithic cores and 2 scrapers.
Previously recorded as NHER 1139.
Flints identified by T. H. Mck. Clough (NCM). These finds are part of a larger collection of material from Old Hunstanton that the finder donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1960.92). Information from (S1). See (S2) for further information on the fieldwork undertaken in Hunstranton District by le Strange.
E. Rose (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 December 2013.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Hunstanton, Old .
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 1108 and 1139.
- <S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S2> SNF6786 Article in Serial: Le Strange, H. 1968. A Collection of Flint Implements from the Hunstanton District. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol LXI pp 1-7.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (7)
- CORE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- CORE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- CORE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- END SCRAPER (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 14 2022 8:53AM