Record Details

NHER Number:12309
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint find

Summary

A Neolithic chipped flint axehead was found on a potato harvester in 1976.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 338 286
Map Sheet:TG32NW
Parish:HONING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Autumn 1976. Stray Find.
Found on conveyor of potato harvester working in this area:
1 Neolithic chipped flint axe, 17cm long, maximum width 7.1cm. See drawing (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 January 2016.

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.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gregory, T. 1977. Drawing of a Neolithic flaked flint axehead from Honing. Paper. 1:1.

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