NHER 60724 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints

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Summary

In 2001 two prehistoric worked flints were recovered during the excavation of a cable trench.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG33SW
Civil Parish BACTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

June-July 2001. Watching Brief.
Observation of trench dug for new electricity cable running between Bacton and North Walsham (Field 23).
No archaeologically significant features or deposits observed.
Unstratified finds recovered included:
1 prehistoric flint scraper (on thermal flake) and 1 worked flint of unspecified type (presumably a flake).
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.442).
P. Watkins (HES), 5 May 2015. Amended 27 May 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. and Underdown, S. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief on the North Walsham to Bacton Cable Trench. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 612.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2002. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2001. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt I pp 162-177. p 170.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

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Record last edited

May 27 2019 6:59PM

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