Record Details
| NHER Number: | 14846 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Find Spot |
|---|
| Name: | Prehistoric flint axes, arrowhead and adze |
|---|
Summary
A collection of prehistoric flint tools was recovered from somewhere within Ringland at an unspecified date. These finds comprised a leaf arrowhead, fragments of polished axes and an end-polished adze. The exact nature and circumstances of their discovery remain unknown.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | RINGLAND, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
Exact site unknown.
Leaf arrowhead, 3 part-polished axe fragments, 'rough axe', end-polished flint adze.
NCM unregistered, previosuly held by Bagnall-Oakley Collection.
Information from F. Healy (NAU) who identifies this with the knife 9.5cm (3.75in) x 4.1cm (1.6in) massive scraper 10.2cm (4in) x 7.6cm (3in), and rough axe, exhibited 8 January 1917 by Mr and Mrs Hunt (see (S1)).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (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> | Article in Serial: 1917. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol II Pt III (for 1916-17) pp 459-466. p 460. |
Related records - none
Find out more...