NHER 14623 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints and burnt flint

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Summary

Neolithic and Beaker period arrowheads and two Neolithic flint knifes were found here before 1974. Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a scatter of worked flint and a concentration of prehistoric burnt flint.

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Map sheet	TL69SE
Civil Parish	FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Pre 1974. Curtis's field 9. Context 2 at grid reference.
Barbed and tanged and leaf arrowheads, and two knives.
Information from F. Healy (NAU) from Curtis Catalogue.

22 March 1988. Fenland fieldwalking, good weathered ploughsoil.

Context 1
General and typical scatter of flint over field, no concentrations. FWL EU.

Context 3 at 6955 9028.
Concentration of moderate pot boilers including newly disturbed material. On side and top of ridge above peat filled hollow. 21m north to south x 19m east to west at 2.1m OD. FWL 178.
R. Silvester (NAU) 22 March 1988.

For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF14877 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 178. FENS.
--- SNF15097 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL EU. FENS.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (5)

POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 27 2021 7:42AM