NHER 20095 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints

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Summary

Fieldwalking in this area between 1983 and 1989 recovered a range of prehistoric worked flints, including a Palaeolithic flake and Mesolithic blades, flakes and a scraper. A notable number of Neolithic flints were also found, including a leaf-shaped arrowhead, two axeheads, cores and scrapers.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG10NW
Civil Parish	GREAT MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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December 1983. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] (finder's Site No. 254b):
1 Early Neolithic flint leaf arrowhead.
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU), December 1983 and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 12 December 1983.
Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2014.

May 1985. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] (details as above):
1 Palaeolithic primary flint flake. See sketch (S2).
3 ?Mesolithic flint flakes.
1 Neolithic polished flint axehead fragment and many other Neolithic flints, including scrapers, cores, 1 retouched flake and 1 butt end of flaked axehead.
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU) and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 14 June 1985.
Information from (S1). The Palaeolithic flint flake is also described and sketched on (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2014.

January 1987. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] in southwest area of site at TG 1250 0514 (details as above):
1 Mesolithic double tranchet medium flint axehead.
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU) and compiled by W. Milligan(NCM), 30 January 1987.
Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2014.

March 1989. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] (details as above):
1 Mesolithic flint blade, 2 blades showing marks of cresting and 1 scraper. All very fresh and patinated blue white.
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU), 1989 and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 17 October 1990.
Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2014.

Two worked flints from this site were subsequently donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.32.61). As these are listed simply as Mesolithic/Neolithic flints it is unclear which of the above finds these are.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2014.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S2> SNF90862 Illustration: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Sketch of a Palaeolithic primary flint flake from Great Melton. Card. 1:1.
<S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Great Melton.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (12)

FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
CRESTED BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 23 2019 11:50AM