Record Details

NHER Number:29593
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint find

Summary

A Neolithic polished flint axehead was found in soil left by potato harvesting in 1993. Originally polished, the axe had later been rechipped.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 156 391
Map Sheet:TG13NE
Parish:GRESHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Found by [1] in potato harvester spoil from somewhere in this field.
Polished, reworked/retouched flint axe in grey flint, (S1).
Idenified by A.Rogerson (NLA), 3 March 1993.
B.Cushion (NLA), March 1993.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Fox, D.E.. 1993. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead.. Paper. 1:1.

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