NHER 5050 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flints from pit northeast of Hopton Point
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL89NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
14 July 1915. Pit northeast of Hopton Point on road from Brandon to Watton.
Pure yellow sand at base merging into black sand which forms a layer of varying thickness all round the pit. In this W.G. Clarke (NCM) found several undoubted pot boilers around twelve flakes and two good implements, apparently Neolithic. Over this sharply divided from it was 15 to 30 cm (6 inches to 1 foot) of what was apparently chalky - boulder-clay - See (S1) which describes the site as Threxton), Norwich Library.
Pit now very overgrown and no section exposed. Surrounding field arable.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 26 November 1975.
2000-2002. Woodland Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey.
Management Unit D, Site 23:
Pit, partly shown on Ordnance Survey county series has been extended to west, presumably post 1915.
See report (S2) for further details.
B. Cushion (NLA), February 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 May 2015.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Cressingham (Little).
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 89 NE 6.
- <S1> SNF5266 Publication: Clarke, W.G.. Mss 12b.
- <S2> SNF50724 Unpublished Contractor Report: Cushion, B. 2002. STANTA ILMP Woodland Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey. Brian Cushion Archaeological & Cartographical Surveyor.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT BOILER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jul 18 2023 7:48AM