NHER 5291 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Palaeolithic flint flake, Feltwell Fen (Feltwell, poorly located)

Palaeolithic worked flints known to have been recovered in the area known as Feltwell Fen during the late 19th century or early 20th century but with little additional information regarding provenance.

FINDS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

Roe (S1) lists a single unmodified Palaeolithic flint flake from Feltwell Fen that was in the Salisbury Museum. No information is available regarding the date or circumstances of its discovery.
Information from (S2).
In (S3) and Wymer (S4) notes a flake from Feltwell Fen in the British Museum, which is almost certainly the same object as that listed by Roe - this being noted on one of Wymer's index cards (S3) but not listed elsewhere in (S4).

The British Museum holds a collection of 8 Palaeolithic flints (handaxes and flakes) that were transferred from the Salisbury Museum (1975,0306.75-82) and it is therefore likely that the Feltwell Fen flake is now amongst this collection. The other flints in this collection are known to be from the extremely productive site at Shrub Hill Farm, which lies within the area known as Feltwell Fen.

Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 November 2014.