NHER 6875 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint hoard and prehistoric quern
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG33NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KNAPTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1953. 14m (15 yards) from a spring 1.2km (3/4 of a mile) north of Parish Room.
Hoard of seven chipped flint axes found through deep ploughing. Three found in March 1953 and four more in October.
Site excavated by R. R. Clarke (NCM) on 25 October 1953 but nothing further found. Wrote in 1954 about borrowing the hoard for photography but no reply.
Eastern Daily Press photograph of the first three axes found (S1) and press cutting (S2) with photograph of two those axes in file. Press cutting (S3) of the four axeheads found later that year also in file.
1950 Same field as site of hoard of flint axes found in 1953
Polished flint axehead. See (S3) and (S4).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
1995. Ploughed up. Saddle quern, complete except for hole; possibly worn through it or plough damaged in a very thin area.
W. Milligan (NCM), 12 July 1996.
Aircraft crash site formerly recorded here is now NHER 44360.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF87554 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1954. Norwich Museum Excavations 1953. Norfolk Research Committee Bulletin. Series 1 No 6 (for 1953) p 2.
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Knapton [2].
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF62865 Photograph: Eastern Daily Press. 1953. Copyright photograph.
- <S2> SNF3335 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1953. More Chipped Flint Axe Heads Found at Knapton. 22 October.
- <S3> SNF235 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1953. Flint Knapper's Work at Knapton: Axe-Heads About 4000 Years Old Unearthed. 12 March.
- <S4> SNF2285 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk 1949-54. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI Pt IV pp 395-416. p 397.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (4)
- QUERN (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- HOARD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Aug 14 2017 4:14PM