Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11345 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic axehead |
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Summary
A Neolithic polished flint axehead found in a sewer trench in 1975. The axehead is thought to have been found with a wooden handle, although this was not recovered.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6674 1439 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61SE |
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| Parish: | MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
December 1975. About 1.8m (6 feet) deep in peaty clay. Found in sewer trench.
Polished flint axe, pointed butt with flake scars. Said to have been found with wooden handle, not recovered.
Circular section 3.8cm to 5cm (1 1/2 - 2 feet) diameter, with axe mounted in split end. Bound with 'cloth or leather or reeds'.
(S1) in the Illustration Library.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDLE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 8. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 61 SE 20. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1976. Dtawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead.. Card. 1:1. |
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