Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3352 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flaked flint axeheads |
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Summary
In 1958 a Neolithic flaked flint axehead was recovered from clay and gravel from this site. Another axehead in the King's Lynn Museum is also thought to have come from this site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6285 1615 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NW |
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| Parish: | WEST WINCH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
12 February 1958. Found in clay and gravel at depth of 0.3m (1ft).
Chipped flint axe according to KLM; 'axehead' on NCM card (S1). Also fragment of bone.
In KLM [1].
Original information from NCM card (S1), altered and grid ref corrected from KLM 6 inch map (S2).
E. Rose (NAU).
F. Healy notes another similar flint tool in KLM from West Winch [2], continuity of daybook number suggests possibly from same site.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 May 1981.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 5. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 61 NW 18. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Winch (West). |
| <S1> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S2> | Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map. |
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