Record Details

NHER Number:18267
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Mesolithic flint axehead and Neolithic pick

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
Map Sheet:TG20NW
Parish:BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<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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