Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3031 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age axehead from Walcis Farm |
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Summary
A flint polished axehead dating from between the Early Neolithic and the Late Bronze Age, found in 1951.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0914 1843 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01NE |
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| Parish: | GREAT WITCHINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1951. Casual Find.
A polished flint axehead was found 4m (300 yds) northeast of Walcis' Farm while cutting kale.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 NE 31. |
| --- | 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. Witchingham (Great). |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1951. Flint Axe head found at Great Witchingham. 26 March. |
Related records - none
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