Record Details

NHER Number:2395
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic or Early Bronze Age axehammer

Summary

It is recorded that before 1907 a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age axe hammer was found near Crabb's Abbey in the parish of Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen. The exact location and date of this discovery are unclear.

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Location

Parish:WIGGENHALL ST MARY MAGDALEN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Before 1907.
Axe hammer found near Crabb's Abbey.
Information from (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

See sketch on (S2).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)

Associated Finds

  • AXE HAMMER (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1907. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt III (for 1906-1907) pp 393-409. p 406.
<S2>Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Wiggenhall St Mary magdalen.

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