Record Details

NHER Number:4051
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead

Summary

A Neolithic polished axehead found before 1972.

Images - none

Location

Parish:NEWTON BY CASTLE ACRE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Polished stone axe.
Petrology: N.146 Group VI, see (S1).
T. Clough (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.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Newton.
<S1>Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.

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