NHER 25409 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic, medieval and post-medieval finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1989 recovered prehistoric worked flint, including Neolithic flint blades, a scraper and a core reused as a hammerstone; while metal-detecting in 2016 recovered a medieval thimble and a post-medieval cloth seal.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

18 May 1989. Fieldwalking. [1].
Neolithic brown stained flints, consisting of core used as hammerstone, two blades, one scraper, one cortical
flake stained and scratched probably a glacial accident, and three flakes.
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU).
W. Milligan (NCM), 19 June 1989.

April-May 2016. Metal-detecting. [2].
Medieval thimble.
Post-medieval cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 June 2016.

Associated Sources (0)

  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (17th Century - 1673 AD to 1673 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Dec 18 2017 1:34PM

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