NHER 58808 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic/Early Neolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Roman finds

January 2000. Fieldwalking. Thetford Forest Surface-Collection Survey (Forestry Compartment 3083).
Various finds found during systematic fieldwalking including:
?Prehistoric burnt flints.
1 Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flaked flint axehead. See drawing (S1).
1 Late Neolithic flint axe/adze or plano-convex knife. See drawing (S2)
2 Neolithic flint cores, 16 Neolithic retouched/utilised flakes and 102 Unmodified flakes.
2 Roman pottery sherds.
1 undatable fragment of fired clay.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see descriptions and finder's plan in file. This work was reported in (S3).
Previously recorded under NHER 5655.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 16 June 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 May 2013.

March 2003. Fieldwalking.
Fieldwalking of an area of forestry land north of the track and west of the site of St Helen's church. This work recovered a range of worked flints including:
1 large end scraper
3 retouched pieces (of which 2 are notched)
1 bifacially flaked fragment (part of dagger or discoidal knife?)
1 burnt single platform conical core
3 cores and core fragments
22 unmodified flakes
5 shatter pieces.
With the exception of the conical core (which is probably Mesolithic) this assemblage is a typical example of Healy's 'Breckland Neolithic'.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 10 May 2003. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 May 2013.

11 September 2006. Metal detecting.
1 Roman coin and 2 Roman pottery sherds.
Coin identified by P. Robins (NCM) and pottery by A. Rogerson (NLA). See lists in file.
Previously recorded under NHER 5655.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 11 October 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 April 2020.