NHER 5028 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Late Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic worked flints (Ickburgh, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ICKBURGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Finds known to have been recovered in Ickburgh during the late 19th century or early 20th century but with little additional information regarding provenaced.
FINDS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
The Ipswich Museum holds a Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blade core from Ickburgh. This object is marked "P. N. F. L." suggesting it was probably donated by Nina Francis Layard, who is known to have been working in this area during the 1920s. This core was identified by R. Jacobi and is described in (S1).
REPORTED DISCOVERIES
It is noted in (S2) that Ickburgh was a location that had produced Neolithic "Cissbury type" implements. Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES),
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 215.
- <S2> SNF5248 Publication: Clarke, W.G.. Unknown. Manuscript note.
- <S3> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Ickburgh.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- BLADE CORE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 10 2014 10:21AM