Record Details

NHER Number:2417
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Two Neolithic polished flint axeheads

Summary

In 1955 two polished flint axeheads were ploughed up near the entrance to Park Farm.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 6400 0603
Map Sheet:TF60NW
Parish:STOW BARDOLPH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1955. 'Near entrance to Park Farm'.
Two polished flint axeheads ploughed up.
1. Complete 6.5" (16.5cm) long, max width 3.2" (8.2cm), tapering to 1.4" (3.6cm). Curved cutting edge, grey patina.
2. Longer but damaged - light brown patina.
Compiled by R. R. Clarke.

Site later specified.
E. Rose (NAU).

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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 60 NW 22.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 6.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Stow Bardolph.

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