NHER 5165 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric finds

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Summary

A Neolithic flint transverse arrowhead was found here. Later fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey Project identified several scatters of prehistoric worked and burnt flints. The worked flints included pieces of Mesolithic/Early Neolithic and possibly Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date. A single sherd of Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age pottery and a fragmentary Neolithic partially ground axehead were also found.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL69SE
Civil Parish FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1964.
Triangular shaped arrowhead. Field 132. Context 2 at 6861 9013.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

22 March 1988. Fenland Project fieldwalking.
Reasonably well weathered though recently drilled. Several discrete concentrations of material identified:

Site FWL EW (c. 1; general scatter).
Small number of worked flints. Not closely datable.

Site FWL EV (c. 3; TL 6859 9030).
On mineral soil, recently exposed through peat loss. Small scatter of worked flint. Max dimensions 18m E/W x 14m N/S. Flints not closely datable. Concentration insufficient for this site to be included in the final publication.

Site FWL 179 (c. 4; 6859 9024).
Spread over ridge emerging from peat. Moderate to abundant spread of 'pot boilers'. Max dimensions 38m N/S x 25m E/W.

Site FWL 180 (c. 5; TL 6856 9043).
On flat plateau of mineral soil just emerging through peat. Sparse to moderate flint spread and a few 'pot boilers'. Max dimensions 41m N/S x 36m E/W. At 0.7m OD. The worked flints included an imcomplete at least partially ground Neolithic axe and pieces of Mesolithic/Early Neolitic and possible Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date. A single sherd of possible Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pottery was also found.

For further details see project archive (S1) and final publication (S2). Finds now held by Norwich Castle Museum.
F. Healy (NAU) and R. Silvester (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 September 2013.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Feltwell.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Archive: Fenland Folders.
  • <S2> Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • POT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

Sep 12 2013 9:20AM

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