Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2518 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic polished axehead (Wretton, poorly located) |
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Summary
Before 1909 a Neolithic polished axehead was recovered from the parish of Wretton. The exact date and location of this discovery are unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | WRETTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Before 1909.
Stone axe, length 5 3/8 inch (14cm).
Petrology N.15 decomposed dolerite. Geological Survey Enq 1439 (S1) 'matching or very similar to Group I'.
In NCM [1].
T. Clough (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: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Wretton. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1970. [unknown]. Bull. Geol. Survey. Vol 33, p 86. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155. |
| <S3> | Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. p 12; No 124. |
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