Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1823 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic or Early Bronze Age stone axehammer |
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Summary
In the early 1950s a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age perforated stone axehammer was recovered from this area.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9451 4306 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF94SW |
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| Parish: | WARHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Early 1950s. East of Garden Drove.
Perforated stone axehammer
Petrological examination Dr F. S. Wallis N27 = quartz dolerite. Geological Survey Enquiry 1748 (S1).
Finder: a labourer, name unknown.
Acquired 1957.
Sketch and photos M237,238.
NCM card (S2) redone with corrections by (S1) by E. Rose (NAU) 27 January 1982.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Beaker - 4000 BC to 1700 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXE HAMMER (Early Neolithic to Beaker - 4000 BC to 1700 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1957. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 4. p 5. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 94 SW 20. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Warham (St Mary). |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155. |
| <S2> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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