Record Details

NHER Number:21649
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic stone find

Summary

A Neolithic polished greenstone axehead was found on a potato harvester in 1984.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 4115 2875
Map Sheet:TG42NW
Parish:LESSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

October 1984. Found on potato harvester in field behind Manor Farm.
Greenstone axe perhaps made from beach erratic, waterworn green laminated rock.
Drawn NCM (S1).
Identified by E. B. Green (NCM), May 1985.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • 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.
<S1>Illustration: Finds Illustrations.

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