Record Details

NHER Number:2604
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint axes

Summary

Neolithic flint axes have been found in this area. The discovery was made in or before 1849, but the exact location and nature are unclear.

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Location

Parish:OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Neolithic flint axe. On or before 1849.
Possible stone celts as well. See (S1) Greville Chester stone celts found frequently.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • 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 70 SW 16.
---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. Oxborough.
<S1>Article in Serial: 1852. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol III pp 415-427. p 421.
<S2>Article in Serial: Plowright, C. B. 1892. Neolithic Man in West Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol V Pt 3 (for 1891-92) pp 250-264. p 253.
<S3>Article in Serial: 1860. Proceedings at the Meetings of the Archaeological Institute. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XVII 158-185. p 169.

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