NHER 4843 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric finds from Methwold Hythe

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Summary

In 1956 a small assemblage of worked flints was recovered at this site. These included a number of potentially Mesolithic pieces, and several later implement, including a tanged arrowhead and a barbed and tanged arrowhead. A single sherd of Beaker pottery was also recovered at this site in the same year.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL79SW
Civil Parish	METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1956. Stray Find.
Various worked flints found by J. Wortley on west side of Methwold Hythe, including a number of potentially Mesolithic pieces that were subsequently given to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1956.118). Information from (S1). Discoveries first reported in (S2). The NCM finds are listed in (S3) as comprising:
1 bipolar blade core.
3 flakes.
4 blades.
1 end scraper made on blade.
1 scraper fragments.
It is noted that this material was mainly white-corticated, with one blade orange in fracture.

Wortley retained a number of later prehistoric flints from this site, these listed by (S1) as comprising:
1 barbed and tanged arrowhead.
1 tanged arrowhead.
5 scrapers.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 November 2013.

1956. Stray Find.
Found by O. Wortley in orchard at Methwold Hythe 610m (2000 feet) west of site of St Helen's Church:
1 fragment of 'A' Beaker.
Information from (S4), which also has a small sketch of this sherd.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 November 2013.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
<S2> SNF2259 Serial: 1956. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 3. p 4.
<S3> SNF6350 Monograph: Healy, F. 1996. The Fenland Project, Number 11: The Wissey Embayment: Evidence for pre-Iron Age Occupation. East Anglian Archaeology. No 78. Microfiche.
<S4> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Methwold.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (8)

SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
END SCRAPER (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 7 2017 8:35AM