Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10698 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic stone axehead |
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Summary
In 1928 a Neolithic stone axehead was found in a brook in the parish of Thurlton. The exact location and nature of this discovery are unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | THURLTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1928.
Stone axe, found in a brook.
Petrology: N.30, Group VIII, south-west Wales.
Geological Survey enquiry 1750.
In NCM. [1]
See (S1).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- 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 - Neolithic. Thurlton. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155. |
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