NHER 34024 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint flakes and scrapers, Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline project
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG41NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEMSBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
January-April 1997. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 30.8).
13 Prehistoric flints were recovered, including two blades, flakes, and retouched flakes. These finds represent the central portion of a very broad spread of flint finds extending for 1180m, through RDX 30.7 (NHER 12165) to the north and RDX 30.9 (NHER 34025) to the south.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.55 and NWHCM : 2017.395).
E. Rose (NLA) November 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2019.
November 1998. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Additional field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 30.8; Site 7).
This area was selected for further, more detailed fieldwalking but cropping regimes prevented access.
See report (S2) for further details.
H. Hamilton (NLA), 3 June 2008.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF64324 Unpublished Contractor Report: Crowson, A. 1997. Bacton to Great Yarmouth Power Station Pipeline Archaeological Fieldwalking Survey. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 262. RDX 30.8.
- <S2> SNF66150 Unpublished Contractor Report: Crowson, A. 1998. Bacton-to-Great Yarmouth Power Station Pipeline. Archaeological Fieldwalking Survey. Part II. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 362. Site 7 (RDX 30.8).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 24 2025 8:05AM