Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10919 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic stone find |
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Summary
A Neolithic polished jadeite axehead was found in the late 19th century.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | SOUTH LOPHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Lopham Ford. Found before 1884.
Jadeite axehead (green-grey colour) submitted to Sir John Evans 1884 by J. E. Amyer of Diss (now lost). 16cm (6 1/2 inches) long. See (S1), (S2) and (S3).
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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 07 NW 57. |
| --- | 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. Lopham (South). |
| <S1> | Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. p 107. |
| <S2> | Publication: Dutt, W. A. 1905. The Waveney Valley in the Stone Age. 2. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Campbell Smith, W. 1963. Jade Axes from Sites in the British Isles. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol XXIX pp 133-172. No 32. |
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