Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21266 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic axehead from The Breck |
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Summary
A large Neolithic flint polished axehead found in 1984.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0190 3733 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03NW |
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| Parish: | BALE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| GUNTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1984. Surface find 'on the Breck'.
Large (17cm long) thick flint axe made from a larger polished one, part of the polish remaining on one side. See sketch (S1).
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU)
J. J. Wymer (NAU) 25 February 1985
Part of large scatter, NHER 34894.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Wymer, J.. 1985. Sketch of a Neolithic axehead.. Paper. 1:1. |
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