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Record ID: NMS-1C0B02
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible broken end of flint blade. Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. Surviving length 34mm.
Created on: Friday 7th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D4B883
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic or Early Bronze discoidal core of unpatinated grey flint, both faces covered in flake scars, with one small patch of cortex remaining. Length 53mm, width 51mm, thickness 25mm.
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-834325
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late palaeolithic double-ended scraper. Segment of a large blade with a single crest in a chocolate brown stained flint. Both ends appear to have been steeply retouched to give a double ended scraper but both have suffered ancient damage. The distal edge has small neat retouch scars at both ends but the central part of the edge has two larger scars with evidence of crushing on the ventral side. The proximal end appears to have been damaged by the loss of a large chip and shows slight evidence of crushing on the ventral edge. The find spot is near one of the head ways of the River Wens…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-50C8A6
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Bronze Age (Beaker period) flint dagger. Tip missing, some minor damage to edges, possible opposed single notches 2/3rds along length from tip. Butt damaged by a transverse bending fracture. Soft hammer struck and pressure flaked around edges. Light grey flint with some spotty iron staining. 2300 - 1700 BC. A more complete but un-notched example was found at Feltwell, Norfolk in 1962 (HER 5163). See http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF5163-Beaker-period-dagger-and-prehistoric-axehead&Index=2&RecordCount=1&SessionID=300e56ec-3abe-4725-9425-990f8d8…
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 5th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dickleburgh and Rushall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-24DBF2
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flint flake with grey patination and cortex on striking platform. Length 22mm. Undiagnostic Late prehistoric.
Created on: Friday 25th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-6F0812
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Beaker period barbed and tanged arrowhead of semi-translucent fine quality flint with no rough inclusions, now patinated an attractive orange colour. The piece is missing both barbs and the tip with some minor damage to both lateral edges. All breaks appear to be ancient. This is unfortunate as the shape of the barbs are the defining characteristic for Green's typology (1980). Both faces are competently pressure flaked with overlapping flake scars. Although fragmentary it is likely to belong to Conygar Hill, Sutton, or Green Low types of arrowhead. 2300-1700 BC. Measu…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-F6F473
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Polished Axe, dimensions: 169 x 61 x 34mm. Highly ground and polished all over, with only a few faint flake scars visible at the lateral edges and rounded butt: the sides are ground round rather than flat. The curved cutting edge is sharp with only one ancient chip, while a recent small chip reveals pale grey flint. The axe is patinated light brown with some buff areas. Found in the 1960's and subsequently used as a paperweight. Neolithic (4,000 to 2,350BC)
Created on: Friday 11th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wretton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-07ABE7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished flint axehead. Lenticular in section, polished overall but with a few flake scars still visible. Cutting edge curved and sharp, sides tapering towards narrow, straight butt. There is relatively fresh damage in the form of a large natural flake at the cutting edge on one face, and a small flake at the butt end revealing pale yellow-brown flint. The surface of the flint is patinated pale grey with few iron stains. Length 203mm, width 76mm, thickness 55mm. Weight 968g. Similar to NHER 56013 and also PAS (NMS-4C43C4). 3000-2351 BC.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5BF55E
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
'Handaxe' Dimensions 102 x 62 x 56mm. In blackish flint and of roughly plano-convex section, this biface can be considered as having a rounded butt end and an opposed pointed end, It has a small area of thin weathered cortex on the narrow crest but is otherwise flaked overall. With the pointed end away from the observer, the right side face is formed by two large flake removals and two smaller, the left face by one large removal and several smaller ones. The 'base' has a number of smaller removals and a line of battering along its length The condition is rolled except for the po…
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A5D66C
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age complete plano-convex knife of white and light grey patinated flint, made from a secondary hard hammer struck flake with a thick sandy coloured piece of cortex remaining unworked and presumably forming the "back" of the knife. The cutting edge is extensively and invasively pressure flaked at an angle with the flake scars reaching beyond the centre line of the dorsal face. Measuring 58 x 26 x 7 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-D00029
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic reworked flint axehead. Butt end recently damaged, less than half survives, fully bifacially worked, with a tranchet blow forming the cutting edge. Heavily patinated brown mottled, the damaged areas showing mid grey flint. Measuring 72 x 49 x 21mm.
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A688DD
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary and tertiary simple flake tools and debitage of unpatinated and white patinated flint. Largest: 61 x 21 x 7 mm. Smallest: 36 x 15 x 4 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A67B99
Object type: FABRICATOR
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age fabricator made from a found hard hammer struck white and light grey patinated tertiary piece of debitage, this was reworked with steep retouch mostly to the dorsal face at a later date. These flake removals show the original unpatinated dark grey flint. Fabricators are thought to be part of a fire lighting kit; the flint being struck with a piece of Marcasite to produce sparks. 78 x 29 x 14 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A66E4D
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Neolithic tertiary semi-hard hammer struck flake tool of white patinated light grey flint with small areas of spotty iron staining and with irregular steep retouch to both edges and the distal end. 55 x 30 x 6 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A654E9
Object type: COMBINATION TOOL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age semi-hard hammer struck tertiary combination tool, of lightly patinated mottled light grey and brown flint with invasive pressure flake scars to both lateral edges on the dorsal face only, the distal end is steeply retouched to form an end scraper. Perhaps this was used as a skinning and scraping tool. 43 x 27 x 7.5 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A64A87
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five Neolithic to Bronze Age tertiary and secondary hard hammer struck simple flake tools and debitage, of including two notched blade-like flakes. All are of mottled grey flint. Largest: 64 x 23 x 8 mm. Smallest: 18 x 10 x 2.5 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A63E1B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck scraper, of unpatinated mottled grey flint with steep retouch forming the scraping edge. 46 x 41 x 13 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A6132B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck "thumbnail" scraper, of unpatinated mottled grey flint with steep retouch to all edges. 37 x 29 x 11.5 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A5F4D4
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of Neolithic to Bronze Age unpatinated mottled grey simple hard hammer struck secondary and tertiary flake tools including six end and side scrapers; one with a notch towards the distal end, and five tertiary notched blade-like flakes, and one piece of tertiary debitage of pale grey flint. Largest: 72 x 34 x 9 mm. Smallest: 27 x 14 x 3.5 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A42262
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck flake of unpatinated mottled brown flint with steep retouch to part of one edge. Measuring 43 x 25 x 8 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.