NHER 8367 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic/Neolithic flint implement

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Summary

A Mesolithic/Neolithic flint implement was found here in 1970.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG42NW
Civil Parish SEA PALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1970. Stray Find.
Found on surface of field 200 yards [183m] north-west of Barton Farm (was Yalley Farm):
1 Mesolithic/Neolithic flint implement. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1971.151).
Information from (S1).
Described in the museum's records as a small Mesolithic-Neolithic flint chopper. Not listed in (S2) so doubtful whether this object is Mesolithic. Accompanying notes suggest that it was identified as probably Neolithic by R. Jacobi.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 2014.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
  • <S2> Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20.
  • CHOPPER (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 27 2017 12:45PM

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