Record Details

NHER Number:24946
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic polished stone axehead, Old Hall Farm lands

Summary

A Neolithic polished greenstone axehead was found on the surface of arable land in 1986.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 99 10
Map Sheet:TF91SE
Parish:WHINBURGH AND WESTFIELD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1986. On surface of arable land at TF 9962 1073.
Greenstone polished axe.
J. Wymer (NAU), 14 November 1988.

Polished axehead found further east than previously recorded according to [1], at TG 9977 1075.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 November 2003.

June 2009.
A Late Neolithic greenstone axe found in 1986 was resubmitted for further examination.
See description in file.
E. Darch, (NLA), 9 June 2009

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

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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