NHER 23617 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic/Early Neolithic worked flints and burnt flint scatter
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WORMEGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
6 March 1987. Fenland Project fieldwalking.
Field south of Mill Fen Drain. Weathered and rolled ploughsoil.
Site WGY BC (Context 1).
General scatter of worked flints. This small assemblage comprised 1 flake, 1 small blade and 1 serrated blade; these all potentially Mesolithic or Early Neolithic.
Site WGY 16 (TF 6665 1300; Context 2)
On both arms of roddon spreading across intervening hollow. Abundant spread of 'pot boilers' but no worked flint. Maximum dimensions 71m N/S x 38m E/W.
Finds in NCM. For further details see project archive (S1) and final publication (S2).
R. Silvester (NAU), 23 March 1987.
October 2007. ALSF NHER Enhancement Sub-Unit D.
WGY 16.
Interpreted as a pot boiler site.
Information from (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 1 October 2007.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (4)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (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?)
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Record last edited
Nov 26 2013 4:15PM