NHER 7863 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint artefacts

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Summary

A large number of prehistoric flint artefacts are recorded as having being found in the parish of Costessey, but the exact locations and nature of their discoveries are uncertain. They include Neolithic flaked flint axeheads, Neolithic polished axeheads and at least one arrowhead.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	COSTESSEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Numerous Celts.
See (S1) and (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Before 1922.
Polished igneous.
See (S3).
W.G. Clarke.

'Numerous Celts' refers to flint artefacts listed below:
The cutting edge of huge axe 9cm (3.5in) long by 10cm (4in) wide.
An axe, flint, 16.5cm (6.5in) by 7.5cm (3in).
Another axe 13cm (5in) by 5cm (2in).
A fourth the rechipped end of an axe.
Also three broken polished axes (these Costessey as well?), five borers, six 'prismatic flint tools', two of these from Costessey. Thirty-three scrapers, one being a Cissbury flake, another tanged, all Costessey.
Also a flint axe and a lancehead from [1] .
Also includes laurel leaf and barbed and tanged arrowhead.
E. Rose (NAU).

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Costessey.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 11 SE 8; TG 11 SE 9 [2].
<S1> SNF1613 Article in Serial: 1921. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt III (for 1920-21) pp 463-467. pp 464-465.
<S2> SNF1703 Article in Serial: 1930. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol VI Pt III pp 249-251. p 249.
<S3> SNF1806 Article in Monograph: Sainty, J. E. 1935. Norfolk Prehistory. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of the Annual Meeting, 1935. Norwich, September 4-11. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Appendix pp 60-71. p 67.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

Object Types (7)

BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LAUREL LEAF (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Jun 3 2016 10:04AM