Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1809 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic polished flint axehead (Wells next the Sea, poorly located) |
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Summary
The Norwich Castle Museum holds a Neolithic polished flint axehead found at an unknown location in Wells next the Sea parish some time during or prior to 1897.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | WELLS NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pre 15 April 1897. Stray Find.
In April 1897 the Norwich Castle Museum acquired a Neolithic polished flint axehead that had been found at an unrecorded location in Wells next the Sea parish (NWHCM : 1897.21.2).
This had previously been in the collection of Colonel H. W. Feilden.
Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 February 2021.
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. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Wells next the Sea. |
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