NHER 37727 (Find Spot record) - Worked flint scatter, Bacton to King's Lynn Transco Pipeline

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Summary

A worked flint scatter, including scrapers, blades and a core, was found during field reconnaisssance survey on the route of a gas pipeline in 2002. Geophysical survey found strong anomalies and evidence of ridge and furrow. See NHER 16919 for earlier finds.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81NW
Civil Parish LEXHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

November 2002 - January 2003. Geophysical, metal detecting and fieldwalking survey. Bacton to King's Lynn Transco pipeline. Plot number 222.
Fieldwalking survey produced a worked flint scatter consisting of six scrapers, two blades, one of which was late Neolithic, a late Neolithic fabricator, a core and twenty-nine flakes. They correspond with a flint scatter (NHER 16919) found previously, which also included Neolithic tools. A fragment of burnt flint and post medieval building material were also found. Geophysical survey found strong pit-like anomalies and many strong posiitive and dipolar anomalies, the latter suggesting the presence of ferrous and ceramic debris. The survey also found evidence of ridge and furrow cultivation.
See (S1).
J. Allen (NLA), 6 August 2007.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: [Unknown]. 2003. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Field Reconnaissance, Fieldwalking, Metal Detecting and Geophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 184.
  • BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FABRICATOR (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)

Record last edited

Jul 20 2017 9:40AM

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