Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11546 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flaked flint axehead |
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Summary
In 1923 a large Neolithic flaked flint axehead that had been dug up in Eaton was exhibited to the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia in Norwich by the finder.
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Location
| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
5 February 1923. 'Probably the largest Neolithic implement yet found in Norfolk' dug up at Eaton, was exhibited to the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia in Norwich by finder.
Of 'Cissbury flint mining type', flat-based, 6.35cm (2.5in) wide, almost 30cm (1ft) long, 8.9cm (3.5in) high, weiging over 4.5lbs.
See (S1).
Originally recorded in the parish of Eaton, now part of Norwich.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED 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. TG 20 NW 148. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1923. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol IV Pt I (for 1922-23) pp 126-131. p 127. |
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