NHER 3076 (Monument record) - Possible prehistoric burnt mound and Mesolithic/Neolithic flint flakes

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Summary

A large patch of burnt flints was identified at this site in 1960, possibly the remains of prehistoric burnt mound. Two Mesolithic/Neolithic flint flakes were subsequently recovered from the area of this deposit.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG01SW
Civil Parish MATTISHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1960.
Large patch of 'potboilers' reported, measuring 13.5m by 9m is size (15 x 10 yards). Information from (S1).

1962. Stray Find.
Found by [1] in area of previously recorded 'pot boilers':
2 prehistoric flints flakes. Recorded as Neolithic by (S2) but described as "in the Mesolithic tradition". This discovery was reported in (S3) and the finds themselves are now held by the NCM (NWHCM : 1962.303).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2013.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Mattishall (Burgh).
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 SW 8.
  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S2> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Mattishall.
  • <S3> Serial: 1962. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1962. No 9. p 4.
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

May 17 2016 3:29PM

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