NHER 16915 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint tools

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Summary

During the period 1970-75 a number of prehistoric flint tools were recovered from the surface of fields here. These tools included scrapers, pounders and a broken axehead.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF81NW
Civil Parish	ROUGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1970-5. Surface finds. From Bryant's, First Bryants or Three Corner Field.
Flint tools.
Collection not seen because not kept separate and not necessarily all retained.

28 November 1970.
Miscellaneous tools (21S).
Scraper (5T).

16 April 1972.
Pounder (41-2F).

13 August 1972.
Pounder (46F).
Scraper (78Y).

11 November 1972.
Scraper (4-5a).

3 December 1972.
Scraper (29-30a).
Miscellaneous tools (62-3m).

21 December 1974.
Scraper (532-4).
Miscellaneous tools (65i).
Broken axe (52C).
Pounder (97-8F).

5 January 1975.
Scraper (535-6).

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF65232 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2002. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Network Archaeology. 179.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (5)

HAMMERSTONE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
SPEAR (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Rougham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Feb 18 2025 10:53AM