NHER 5648 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flints and arrowheads

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Summary

It is recorded that a number of Neolithic flints, including leaf, transverse and barbed and tanged arrowheads, were recovered from the parish of Weeting with Broomhill. They are now thought to be in the Cambridge University Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. The exact location and date 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

Unprovenanced flints from Broomhill.

One arrowhead around 1904-5 (S1).
One triangular arrowhead with ridged back and triangular tang, forming pointed shoulders 1.2 inch x 0.8 inch, around 1908. (S2)
Cambridge University Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (S3).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

And a barbed and tanged arrowhead in Cambridge University Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography [1].
E. Rose (NAU).

For description of these and other Neolithic/Beaker flints from Broomhill in Cambridge University Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, see list by F. Healy in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 7 June 1988.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Weeting.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF1137 Article in Serial: 1908. Appendix No. II. List of local objects purchased for the museum with the grants made by the society to December 1905. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiqarian Society. Vol XII (New Series Vol VI) pp 12-13. p 12.
<S2> SNF1276 Article in Serial: 1909. Appendix. Purchases by the curator of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology with grants from the Council. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiqarian Society. Vol XIII (New Series Vol VII) pp 7-11. p 8.
<S3> SNF1910 Article in Serial: 1935. Outils a encaches a en forme d'y' grossieve.. Bulletin Soc. Prehist. France. p 504.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

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

Object Types (6)

ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (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)

Find out more...(1)

Weeting with Broomhill (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Aug 20 2014 12:19PM