NHER 39843 (Monument record) - Prehistoric flint working debris at Anglian Water Inlet Main, Two Mile Bottom
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
December 2003. Watching Brief.
Monitored the excavation of a trench for a new Anglian Water inlet main. Contexts 1-21 used.
Three hundred and fifty-seven pieces of struck flint, fifty-three fragments of burnt flint, one sherd of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery and a post-medieval metal object were recovered. This provides evidence of prehistoric activity in this area, with flint-working debitage suggesting temporary prehistoric settlement within the vicinity.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2025.147).
A. Cattermole (NLA) 22 February 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 August 2025.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF55426 Unpublished Contractor Report: Ames, J. 2004. An Archaeological Watching Brief at an Anglian Water Inlet Main, Two Mile Bottom, Thetford. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 918.
- <S2> SNF81947 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2004. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2003. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 573-588. p 587.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (17)
- BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- DEBITAGE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- END SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- DENTICULATE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- KNIFE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (18th Century - 1727 AD to 1760 AD)
- TOY (18th Century to 19th Century - 1727 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 24 2025 12:37PM