Record Details

NHER Number:2944
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead (Hardingham, poorly located; Hingham, poorly located)

Summary

A Neolithic flint polished axehead found in 1893.

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Location

Parish:HARDINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
HINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

About 1893.
Polished axe whitish flint 43cm by 6.3cm (17 inches long by 2 1/2 inches wide) just on boundary of Hingham in arable field.
W.G. Clarke and R.R. Clarke (NCM).

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.
---Unpublished Document: Palmer, W.C.. 190?. MSS 126. 12 April. Mss 126..
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Hardingham.

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