Record Details

NHER Number:1326
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic polished flint axe, southwest of the church

Summary

In 1960 a Neolithic polished stone axe, possibly made from basalt, was found at this location.

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Location

Grid Reference:TF 7040 4043
Map Sheet:TF74SW
Parish:RINGSTEAD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1960. Ordnance Survey Plot 153, southwest of church.
Ground stone axe (basalt?) 'sent to Burkitt'.
E. Rose (NAU/NLA).

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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 74 SW 22.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 5.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Ringstead.

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