Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1824 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic or Early Bronze Age axe-hammers, prehistoric saddle quern fragment |
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Summary
In 1958 a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age stone axe-hammer or adze was recovered from this area, and in 1961 a rough out for a sandstone axe-hammer was recovered. It is thought that in the 1950s a fragment of a prehistoric possible saddle quern was also found.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 924 415 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF94SW |
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| Parish: | WARHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1958.
Stone Axe-hammer (or adze? T. Clough NAU).
Approx Middle Breek N.105 examined Dr F. S. Wallis 1969 Gp XVIII (S1).
In NCM. [1]
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
1961.
Rough out for a sandstone axe-hammer from Middle Breek.
In NCM. [2]
E. B. Green (NCM).
Probably in 1950s, fragment of possible saddle quern found.
D. Gurney (NLA), 4 February 1992.
2000. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Non-collection fieldwalking undertaken as part of archaeological assessment of Holkham Estate (Field 26).
No finds. Visibility poor.
See report (S2) for further details.
K. Penn (NAU), 2 March 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 April 2015.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
Associated Finds
- QUERN (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- AXE HAMMER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- PERFORATED OBJECT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 5. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 94 SW 18. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Serial: 1961. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1961. No 8. p 5. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Warham (St Mary) [2]. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Williams-Thorpe, O., Webb, P. C. and Jones, M. C. 2003. Non-destructive geochemical and magnetic characterisation of Group XVIII dolerite stone axes and shaft-hole implements from England. Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol 30 pp 1237-1267. |
| <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> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2000. The Holkham Estate, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Archaeological Survey (Final Report). Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 532. |
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