NHER 11230 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints, land of Lodge Farm (Castle Acre, poorly located)

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Summary

A variety of Mesolithic and Neolithic implements were found in the vicinity of Lodge Farm prior to 1956. At least some of these objects were shown to the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	CASTLE ACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Pre 1956. Stray Find.
A collection of prehistoric worked flints found in Castle Acre was shown to the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (CUMAA) in 1956. These had apparently been collected in the vicinity of Lodge Farm (TF 825 171). According to (S1) the collection included "Mesolithic axes, Neolithic circular scrapers, blades". The only record held by the HES is a photograph of eight object that was taken by the CUMAA (S2). This appears to show:
1 Mesolithic tranchet axehead.
1 Neolithic narrow-butted flint axehead.
3 ?Neolithic flakes (possibly retouched flake tools).
1 ?Neolithic small ?axehead.
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age discoidal scraper.
1 ?axehead roughout.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 December 2013.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Castle Acre.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S2> SNF58292 Photograph: Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology photograph.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (6)

ROUGHOUT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2016 12:19PM