Record Details

NHER Number:14880
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axeheads from Estate Farm (Sedgeford, poorly located)

Summary

A Neolithic flint polished axehead and a flaked axehead. The exact circumstances of their discovery are unknown.

Images - none

Location

Parish:HEACHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

'Eaton Farm, Snettisham', must refer to Eaton Farm in Sedgeford (house at 6951 3633) whose lands extend into Heacham.
Chipped flint axe and rechipped polished axe.
Information from F. Healy (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU) 9 May 1979.

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: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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