NHER 41166 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic, Early Bronze Age and Iron Age finds, Knights Hill (Castle Rising, poorly located)

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Summary

Various prehistoric finds known to have been recovered in the Knights Hill area of Castle Rising parish, but with little additional information regarding provenance. These finds include flints flakes and Mesolithic flint microliths found in 1934 and an Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe and a group of three Late Iron Age/Roman harness fittings (including two enamelled terrets) found during agricultural work at some time prior to 1994.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	CASTLE RISING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

Various prehistoric finds found on or near Knights Hill, but with little additional information regarding provenance. Knights Hill is an area of higher ground in the southern part of the parish, centred at TF 666 229.

1938. Stray Find.
Flint flakes and Mesolithic flint microliths found by P. L. K. Schwabe on west side of Knights Hill. Information from (S1). This record card also notes that 'pot boilers' were recovered at two sites.
Previously recorded as NHER 3334.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 December 2013.

Before 1994 (possibly as much as 60 years before). Stray Find.
Found during agricultural work "near Knights Hill Hotel". Actual location unknown, but almost certainly Castle Rising parish.
1 Early Bronze Age flat axe (S2), found in potato riddler. See description in file.
2 Late Iron Age/early Roman terret rings (S3) (S4) and 1 ?terret (S5) - found together in the ground.
Identified by N. Hutcheson, see report in file (S6).
E. Darch (NLA), 31 January 2005.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
<S2> SNF75933 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2005. Drawing of a Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe.. Film. 2:1.
<S3> SNF75930 Illustration: White, S.. 2004. Drawing of a Late Iron Age copper alloy terret.. Film. 2:1.
<S4> SNF75931 Illustration: White, S.. 2004. Drawing of a Late Iron Age copper alloy terret.. Film. 2:1.
<S5> SNF75932 Illustration: White, S.. 2004. Drawing of a Late Iron Age unidentified copper alloy object.. Film. 2:1.
<S6> SNF58375 Unpublished Document: Hutcheson, N.. 2004. Two terrets and a thing from near the Knights Hill Hotel, King's Lynn.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (6)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
FLAT AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
HARNESS FITTING (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 150 BC to 100 AD)
HOARD (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 150 BC to 100 AD)

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Castle Rising (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 25 2025 2:16PM