NHER 8181 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced ?Mesolithic and Neolithic finds (East Ruston, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EAST RUSTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Objects known to have been recovered in East Ruston during the 20th century but with little or no additional information regarding provenance.
FINDS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
1925 Stray Find.
The Norwich Castle Museum holds a small flint adze/axehead that was found at East Ruston in 1925. Noted by (S1). This object was one of a number of implements identified as potentially Mesolithic by R. Jacobi.
Previously recorded as NHER 8182.
REPORTED DISCOVERIES
Pre 1907. Stray Find.
East Ruston is listed in (S2) as one of the locations that had produced prehistoric implements that were "polished or of igneous or other rock". It is noted that this find (or finds) was held by the Paston Grammar School Museum (North Walsham). Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 October 2014.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 8181-8182.
- <S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Ruston (East).
- <S2> SNF1308 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1907. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt III (for 1906-1907) pp 393-409. p 404.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC?)
- WORKED OBJECT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC?)
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Record last edited
Jul 22 2018 8:48AM