Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21250 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Unprovenanced Mesolithic flint axehead (Dilham, poorly located) |
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Summary
In around 1978 a Mesolithic flaked flint axehead was found in a field in Dilham. The exact location was not known.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | DILHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1978 or before. Stray Find.
Found in a field:
1 Mesolithic flint axehead (S1).
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum by [1] (NWHCM : 1997.79); found by her husband, and originally brought in by [2]. No other details known.
Identified by Dr A. Lawson (NAU). Compiled by E. B. Green (NCM), February 1985.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 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
| <S1> | Illustration: Milligan, W. 1996. Sketch of a Mesolithic flaked flint axehead from Dilham. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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