NHER 8867 (Find Spot) - Mesolithic and Early Iron Age finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG00NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BARNHAM BROOM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Full Description
1965. Stray Find. [1].
Found at a depth of about 3-6ft [0.9m to 1.8m] while laying drains (about 550yds [500m] west of St Peter and St Paul's Church):
1 Mesolithic flint scraper, made on naturally fractured flint.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1965.120). Information from (S1).
Although recorded by the NCM as Mesolithic this find is not listed in (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 February 2014.
7 April 2019. Metal-detecting. [2].
Early Iron Age swan-neck pin.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
A. Beckham (HES), 13 January 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 25 September 2023.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S2> SNF8776 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.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- PIN (Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
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Record last edited
Nov 11 2023 12:16AM