Record Details

NHER Number:16950
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Polished black flint Neolithic axehead (Roydon near Lynn, poorly located)

Summary

In 1972 a very fine Neolithic polished black flint axehead was recovered from a potato riddle somewhere in Roydon, and bought by a member of the public for 50p.

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Location

Parish:ROYDON (NEAR LYNN), WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

15 December 1972. Found on a potato riddle somewhere in Roydon and bought for 50p.
Very fine black flint polished axe. [1]
E. Rose (NAU), 11 February 1981.

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

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