NHER 61633 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked and burnt flints and medieval pottery sherds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 2005 noted a potentially prehistoric burnt flint scatter. Other material recovered included several Neolithic/Bronze Age worked flints and what were identified by the finder as medieval pottery sherds.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL99NE
Civil Parish ROCKLANDS, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

August 2005. Fieldwalking.
Found at Context 1 (finder's Site 1):
50+ medieval pottery sherds (9 rims and 68 body sherds, "mostly medieval").
1 undatable lava quern fragment and 1 animal tooth.

Found in area of Context 2 (finder's Site 2):
?Prehistoric burnt flint scatter.
1 Neolithic flint axehead.
7 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint tools (including 2 scrapers).

Objects identified by finder, see notes and sketch map in file [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 28 September 2016.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
  • QUERN (Unknown date)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

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Record last edited

Sep 28 2016 12:02PM

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