NHER 14917 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic microlith and Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead, Westacre Road (Swaffham, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Unprovenanced finds from Westacre Road, Swaffham:
1968. Stray Find.
Found by [1] at unrecorded location on "Westacre Road":
1 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. Donated to King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1968.64).
This discovery was reported in (S1) and is also noted in (S2) and (S3).
Information from F. Healy (NAU).
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 15 May 1979. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 August 2014.
Unknown date. Stray Find.
The King's Lynn Museum also holds a Mesolthic flint microlith that is recorded as being from Westacre Road Swaffham. This was identified by R. Jacobi and is described in (S4). It is listed as having no accession number and no other details are recorded.
P. Watkins (HES), 15 August 2014.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF2351 Serial: 1968. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1968. No 15. p 11.
- <S2> SNF59203 Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk. p 655.
- <S3> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 80 NW 14.
- <S4> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10368.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 31 2016 11:39AM