Record Details

NHER Number:11795
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic polished flint axehead

Summary

In 1975 a small Neolithic polished flint axehead was found in a garden in this area. It may have originally been recovered elsewhere.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2997 1767
Map Sheet:TG21NE
Parish:WROXHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1975. Stray Find.
Found in garden [1]:
1 Neolithic small polished flint axehead, 14.1cm long and 6.2cm wide at blade. Some chips from blade and butt: repolished area of blade. House is around 80 years old; redeposited find? See drawing (S1).
Information from NCM.
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: Gregory, T. 1976. Drawing of a small Neolithic polished flint axehead. Card. 1:1.

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