NHER 54086 (Find Spot record) - Late Upper Palaeolithic long blade and post-medieval coin

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Summary

Before April 2010 a Portuguese reales or 'Royal' currency coin of 17th century date was found at this location. In 2016 a Late Upper Palaeolithic flint long blade as recovered as a stray find.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF93SE
Civil Parish FULMODESTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Before April 2010. Metal-detecting.
Found at [1]:
Portuguese reales or 'Royal' currency coin of 17th-century date.
S. Howard (HES), 19 October 2011.

May 2016. Metal-detecting. [2].
Late Upper Palaeolithic long blade (S1). This piece significantly dates from the initial recolonisation of the land by anatomically modern humans following the last glaciation.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [1].
A. Beckham (HES), 24 June 2016. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 February 2018.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2016. Drawing of an Upper Palaeolithic long blade and burin. Finds Illustration. Film. 1:1.
  • BACKED BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 12000 BC to 10001 BC)
  • COIN (18th Century to 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 20 2023 6:08AM

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