Record Details

NHER Number:14920
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint knife (poorly located)

Summary

It is recorded that in 1979 a Neolithic polished discoidal knife was recovered from the parish of Swaffham. The exact nature and location of this discovery are unclear.

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Location

Parish:SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Exact site unknown.
Polished discoidal knife.
See (S1) quoting Evans, 343.
Ashmolean Museum.
Information from F. Healy (NAU).
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 15 May 1979.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • DISCOIDAL KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POLISHED KNIFE (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: Clarke, J. G. D. 1929. Discoidal Polished Flint Knives - Their typology and distribution. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol VI Pt I (for 1928) pp 40-54.

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