NHER 14854 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint arrowhead (Saham Toney, poorly located)

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Summary

In 1915 a Neolithic flint arrowhead barb from Saham Toney was sent for exhibition by its finder. It was believed at that time to be the only example from Norfolk with parallel chipping, something more common on pieces from the Yorkshire Wolds.

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Location

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Civil Parish SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1915. Neolithic flint.
'Mr C. F. Newton sent for exhibition a harpoon-barb of translucent chalcedonic flint found by him at Saham Toney, Norfolk. It was 1.38in (3.5cm) long, the point being broken, and 1in (2.56m) at the base. On the flat side there was small parallel chipping along two edges, and on the other face twelve parallel flakes, each about half an inch
in length, had been removed along one edge. This is the only example of the parallel chipping associated with some
parts of the Yorkshire Wolds yet found in Norfolk'.
See (S1).
F. Healy (NAU) states that this tool is really an oblique petit-tranchet derivative.
E. Rose (NAU) 4 May 1979.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: 1916. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol II Pt II (for 1915-16) pp 320-325. p 320.
  • TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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May 26 2020 4:51PM

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