NHER 21146 (Monument record) - Mesolithic to Early Neolithic occupation site
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
31 January 1985. Fenland Project fieldwalking.
Site MTW 35 (TL 6495 9454).
On small ridge of clayey loam projecting from island and covering full width of ridge dropping down to peat level. Concentration of moderate flints and sparse pot boilers. Around 55m E/W x 40m N/S. The worked flint assemblage was predominantly Mesolithic and/or Early Neolithic and included blade cores, core trimming flakes, a roughly equal number of blades and flakes and four serrated blades.
For further details see project archive (S1) and final publication (S2). Finds now held by Norwich Castle Museum.
R.J. Silvester (NAU), 19 February 1985. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 September 2013.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
- <S2> SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (6)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- BLADE CORE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- CORE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- SERRATED BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 12 2013 11:14AM