NHER 64431 (Find Spot) - Prehistoric and post-medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HICKLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
May-October 2010. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of new drainage dyke excavated as part of the Broadland Flood Alleviation Project (Compartment 6a).
No features were observed.
A number of finds were recovered during the initial topsoil stripping, including worked flints and two post-medieval copper alloy buttons. The small assemblage of worked flints comprises a barbed and tanged arrowhead and a thumbnail scraper of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date and a number of other, potentially contemporary Late Prehistoric pieces, including a crude end scraper and four hard-hammer struck irregular flakes. A sub-spherical pebble was also found that may have been utilised as a sling shot.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 27 August 2020.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF100802 Unpublished Contractor Report: Wallis, H. 2016. Somerton, Horsey and Hickling, Compartment 6a, Broadland Flood Alleviation Project. Monitoring of Works under Archaeological Supervision and Control. Heather Wallis. 183.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (7)
- SLING SHOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- DEBITAGE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- END SCRAPER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- THUMB NAIL SCRAPER (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 16 2021 2:31PM