NHER 5694 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval gunflint pits
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
'Gun flint pits' marked on NCM map.
July 1977. Visit.
This area is now densely forested, and it is difficult to be sure of the exact site; there is no visible trace of these. Presumably they were filled in when the trees were planted.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 July 1977.
Apparently the site described by (S1) as 'no longer worked (in 1879) on Santon Downham Warren opposite the Warren House (Little Lodge Farm, Suffolk?) and near a tumulus known as Blood Hill. The pits are on the slope of the valley side and are consequently shallow'.
Floorstone occurred at 3.1m (10ft) producing 'milky in colour … good gun flints'. Information from [1].
E. Rose (NLA), 6 January 1995.
December 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
No evidence of post medieval gun flint mines was identified on the consulted sources.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 13th December 2017.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF89829 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Thetford.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF8190 Article in Serial: Skertchly, S. B. J. 1879. On the manufacture of gun-flints, the method of excavating for flint, the age of Palaeolithic Man and the connexion between Neolithic art and the gun-flint trade. Memoirs of the British Geological Survey of England and Wales. pp 8-9.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
May 17 2018 4:30PM