NHER 20042 (Find Spot) - Neolithic axehead and prehistoric finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL68NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
2 February 1984. Fenland fieldwalking.
Quite a large island, weathered ploughed.
Context 1 .
General scatter of flint and pot boilers, but separate from Contexts 3 and 4.
Context 2 at 6441 8864.
Polished greenstone axe, 113mm x 54mm found on top of island a little distance from Contexts 3 and 4.
Context 3 at 6438 8869.
Spread 25 x 23m northeast to southwest of blue patinated flints with odd firecracked flints, just above inlet into island which is peat covered. Slope very gentle, mainly sandy loam with much gravel.
Context 4 at 6447 8866.
36 x 22m moderate scatter of grey blue patinated flint with only occasional fragment of firecracked flint. On gentle eastern slope of island consisting of light buff coloured sand with certain amount of gravel.
R. Silvester (NAU), 2 February 1984.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
1996/1997. Within reservoir investigation area.
For palaeoenvironmental appraisal see (S2) in file for NHER 5292.
D. Gurney (NLA) 23 May 1997.
Associated Sources (7)
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
- <S2> SNF59226 Unpublished Document: Murphy, P. (UEA). 1997. Fenland Reservoir: appraisal of palaeoenvironmental implications. 19 May.
- --- SNF14869 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 17. FENS.
- --- SNF14879 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 18. FENS.
- --- SNF14999 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL AJ. FENS.
- --- SNF15002 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL AM. FENS.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (3)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 14 2017 9:31AM