Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19829 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Fragment of Mesolithic flaked axehead |
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Summary
In 1983 part of a Mesolithic-type flint axehead was recovered from this area.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2531 0980 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1983. Stray Find.
Found by [1] when digging for post (to depth of about 15 inches [38cm]):
1 Mesolithic-type incomplete flint axehead of pale rather impure flint, hinge fracture at break. Cutting edge resharpened. See sketch (S1).
Identified by E. B. Green (NCM) and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), November 1983.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 May 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1983. Sketch of a Mesolithic-type incomplete flint axehead from Thorpe St Andrew. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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