Record Details

NHER Number:3571
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic or Bronze Age perforated stone axehammer

Summary

In 1953 a Neolithic or Bronze Age perforated stone axehammer was recovered 240m southeast of Grimston Road Station.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7011 2299
Map Sheet:TF72SW
Parish:ROYDON (NEAR LYNN), WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1953. Stray Find.
Found 800 ft [244m] south-east of Grimston Road Station [1]:
Neolithic/Bronze Age perforated stone axehammer. See sketch (S1).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 June 2018.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • AXE HAMMER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: [Unknown]. 1953. Sketch of a Neolithic/Bronze Age stone axehammer. Paper. 1:1.
<S2>Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Roydon (Near Lynn).

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