Record Details

NHER Number:10321
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic polished axehead

Summary

It is recorded that before 1859 a Neolithic polished flint axehead was recovered from a lane near the east side of the churchyard.

Images - none

Location

Parish:THURTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Polished flint axe found in lane near east side of churchyard.
In NCM.
See (S1).
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Thurton.
<S1>Article in Serial: Manning, C. R.. 1859. The Examination of some British Barrows in the Parish of Bergh Apton. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol V pp 180-184. pp 180-181.

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