Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11931 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic axehead and bones of unknown date |
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Summary
A Neolithic flint chipped and polished axehead and bones of unknown date, found in 1976.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1049 2041 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG12SW |
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| Parish: | GREAT WITCHINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1976. Stray Find.
Found while digging drainage ditches north of spring, south of brook:
1 Neolithic chipped and polished flint axe. See drawing (S1).
Also many bones found, reported as "old, stained brown with peat, but too small for animal bones".
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 August 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- 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: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1976. Drawing of a Neolithic flaked and polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1. |
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