NHER 5611 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic to Early Bronze Age arrowheads, knives, axeheads

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Summary

It is recorded that a large number of Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint implments, including axeheads and a number of barbed and tanged arrowheads have been recovered from the parish of Weeting in Broomhill and are now in Norwich Castle Museum. The exact date and location of their discovery are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Neolithic flint industry [1].
Neolithic flint industry from various sites (Field numbers) [2].
Neolithic flint implements 1870 [3].
One ptd flint implement [4].
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Arrowheads etc. [5].
Also NCM Cockrill Collection axe (S1).
Axe, knife, barbed and tanged arrowhead. [6]
Arrowheads, seven barbed and tanged arrowheads unregistered, and two barbed and tanged arrowheads. [7]
Barbed and tanged arrowhead. [8]
Parrot Collection locations not found. [9]
'College Land, Fengate' - axe, barbed and tanged arrowhead, arrowheads.
'Near Field road' plano-convex knife.
'Lawn Field near farm' - end-polished axe.
'Near Brinks Bank' - p.t.d. flint implement.
'Meadows' - p.t.d. flint implement.
'12 Acres' - twp arrowheads.
'Field opposite Weeting Row' - arrowheads.
'Near Game Hut' - tranchet tool, laurel leaves.
'Opposite game hut' - barbed and tanged and leaf arrowheads.
'Opposite Park Side' - arrowheads.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Weeting [2].
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF1613 Article in Serial: 1921. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt III (for 1920-21) pp 463-467. p 465.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Beaker - 4000 BC to 1700 BC)

Object Types (10)

ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LAUREL LEAF (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Weeting with Broomhill (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Sep 25 2013 11:00AM