NHER 60146 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic flint microliths, "Barnham", (Barnham Broom, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BARNHAM BROOM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Pre 1929. Stray Find.
According to (S1) the Norwich Castle Museum holds 2 Mesolithic flint microliths from Barnham Broom. These were formerly in the possession of J. S. Warburton and are recorded as being from "Barnham". These finds were identified by R. Jacobi and his records include basic descriptions and the museum accession number (NWHCM : 1929.153; a small collection of finds from several Norfolk parishes).
Given that there is a Barnham in Suffolk (close to Thetford) and other places with that name in the vicinity (Barnham Cross Common etc.) the provenace of these objects should probably be treated with caution; particularly as Warburton is known to have found at least one microlith in the Thetford area in 1910 (see NHER 5722).
P. Watkins (HES), 5 August 2014.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 00 NE 9.
- <S1> 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 204.
- <S2> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10153; 10154.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 16 2016 11:36AM