NHER 60102 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1975-1976 recovered a significant number of prehistoric worked flints. The majority were thought to be Neolithic, including cores, blades, retouched flakes, scrapers and a leaf-shaped arrowhead. The one notable exception was a Mesolithic bladelet core.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG04SW
Civil Parish WIVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Pre 1975. Stray Find.
This field is one of several in the Blakeney area that formed the lands of Church Farm in 1977. Prior to this date the farmer [1] had collected 38 Neolithic flaked and polished flint axeheads from these fields, although unfortunately the exact provenance of these objects was not recorded. See NHER 60094 and (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 6 July 2014.

1975-1976. Fieldwalking.
Loosecroft (finder's Field 179).
Fieldwalked by [2] as part of a larger survey of the lands of Church Farm, Wiveton.
208 worked flints, including 8 end scrapers, 1 side and end scraper, 1 scraper on broken flake, 1 leaf arrowhead, 1 notched flake, 6 miscellaneous retouched flakes, 6 cores (3 single platform, 2 two platform and 1 multiple platform) and 12 blades/bladelets.
The bulk of the material collected was believed to be Neolithic. The one exception was one of the two-platform cores, which was probably a Mesolithic bladelet core.
See (S1) for further details in which cores (including probable bladelet core), blades, scrapers, retouched flakes and the leaf arrowhead are illustrated.
Previously recorded under NHER 15637.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 July 2014.

  • <S1> Thesis: Gidney, L. J.. 1977. Some Neolithic Flint Axes and a Surface Collection from Church Farm, Wiveton, Norfolk.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • NOTCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Feb 14 2025 10:53AM

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