NHER 5718 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint flakes and prehistoric pottery sherds, near Two Mile Bottom Manure Works
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1960. Stray Find.
Found by A. T. Phoenix south-east of Two Mile Bottom Manure Works:
Mesolithic flint flakes. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1960.241). Information from (S1).
These flints are listed in (S2) as 1 microlith, 17 blades, 9 blade fragments, 17 flakes and 1 burnt stone. Probably amongst the 59 flakes/blades from Two Mile Bottom in the NCM that are listed in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 July 2013.
'Prehistoric' pottery sherds also found.
E. Rose (NAU).
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S2> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10381.
- <S3> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 214.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (4)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
Sep 15 2014 3:08PM