Record Details
| NHER Number: | 14858 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flint axehead |
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Summary
In about 1850 a Neolithic flint axehead was recovered from an unknown location within Shotesham. The axe had been chipped and polished.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | SHOTESHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
About 1850. 'At Shotesham' - exact site unknown.
Chipped and polished axe, of yellow flint 12.7cm (5.5in) long, 6.4cm (2.5in) wide at cutting edge.
Exhibited in 1910 by H. Halls - see (S1).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- 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. TM 29 NW 26. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1911. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt I (for 1909-1910) pp 109-121. p 120. |
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