Record Details
NHER Number: | 18267 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Mesolithic flint axehead and Neolithic pick |
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Summary
Fieldwalking between 1982 and 1984 recovered a Mesolithic flint axehead and a possible Neolithic flint pick roughout.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 2390 0595 |
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Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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Parish: | BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1982. Fieldwalking.
Found during fieldwalking (finder's Site 333a/82):
1 Mesolithic flint axehead. See drawing (S1). Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.5.1).
Identified by W. Milligan (NCM) 29 June 1982.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 April 2014.
January 1984. Fieldwalking.
From almost same spot as earlier discovery:
1 Neolithic ?roughout for small pick. Also donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.5.1).
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU) 2 March 1984 and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM) 9 February 1984.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 April 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- PICK (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
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<S1> | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1982. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint axehead from Bixley. Paper. 1:1. |
<S2> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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