NHER 17966 (Monument record) - Neolithic to Bronze Age flint working site and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF64SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | OLD HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Found before 1978.
Surface finds after ploughing cultivated land within park.
Flint industry comprising in the main flakes, scrapers, doubtful core remnants and part of a damaged polished flint axe.
Also an awl.
Spread of about five hectares fieldwalked.
At [1], an area of pottery including in the main Grimston and Thetford Ware storage jars and other Saxo-Norman types.
E. Rose (NAU), 22 February 1982.
May 1980.
Two small cores, six scrapers and twenty one flakes.
Given to NCM via J. Wymer (NAU) February 1989.
Part of same scatter.
See map in file.
J. Wymer (NAU), 16 February 1988.
1998-1999. Metal detecting.
Medieval buckle plate.
Medieval seal matrix.
Early post medieval hooked tag.
See further description in file.
K. Hinds (NLA), 23 August 2000.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- LITHIC WORKING SITE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (13)
- AWL (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- CORE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- CORE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOOKED TAG (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1700 AD)
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Record last edited
Dec 20 2024 6:23PM