Record Details

NHER Number:1307
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead

Summary

A Neolithic polished flint axehead found in 1971.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7472 4501
Map Sheet:TF74NW
Parish:THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

June 1971. Stray Find.
Found on beach:
1 Neolithic chipped and polished flint axe, perhaps reworked. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 February 2018.

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.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Clough, T. 1971. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Card. 1:1.
<S2>Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Thornham.

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