Record Details

NHER Number:12074
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint find

Summary

A Neolithic chipped flint axehead was turned up by a potato harvester in 1974.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 5243 9978
Map Sheet:TM59NW
Parish:HOPTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Full description

1974. Stray Find.
Found on conveyor belt of potato harvester, from maximum depth of 18 inches [45cm]:
1 Neolithic chipped flint axehead, dimensions 15.7 by 6cm. See drawing (S1).
Drawn NCM (S1), copy in file.

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: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Illustration: Gregory, T. 1976. Drawing of a Neolithic flaked flint axehead. Card. 1:1.

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