Record Details
NHER Number: | 2519 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Neolithic stone axehammer (Wretton, poorly located) |
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Summary
It is recorded that before 1980 a Neolithic stone axehammer was recovered from the parish of Wretton. The exact date and location of this discovery are unclear.
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Location
Parish: | WRETTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Before 1908.
Stone axe-hammer. Petrology N.106, coarse olivine dolerite (F S Wallis 1964).
In NCM [1].
T. Clough (NAU).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXE HAMMER (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: 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. |
<S2> | Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. p 20; No 202. |
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