Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24176 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flint find |
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Summary
A Neolithic flaked grey flint adze was found on the surface of a field in 1987, a very fine example of this not very common tool. In use it would have been attached to a wooden handle or haft.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 194 296 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG12NE |
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| Parish: | INGWORTH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1987. Stray Find.
Found by [1] on surface of field south of Manor House:
1 Neolithic flaked adze of grey flint in fresh condition. 15cm long, with cutting edge produced by transverse flake and delicate retouch. See drawing (S1).
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU), 17 November 1987.
J. Wymer (NAU), 18 November 1987.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED 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: Wymer, J. J. 1987. Drawing of a Neolithic flaked flint adze. Paper. 1:1. |
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