Record Details

NHER Number:10955
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic polished flint axehead

Summary

In 1973 the cutting edge of a largely polished Neolithic flint axe was recovered from the surface of a field in this area.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 1755 8670
Map Sheet:TM18NE
Parish:TIVETSHALL ST MARGARET, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1973. Stray Find.
Found on surface find in field [1]:
1 Neolithic cutting edge of largely polished flint axe. See drawing (S1).
On loan to Diss Secondary Boys School.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 August 2014.

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.
<S1>Illustration: Clough, T. 1973. Drawing of a fragmentary Neolithic polished flint axehead. Card. 1:1.
<S2>Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Tivetshall.

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