Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4107 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric flint adze |
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Summary
A prehistoric flint adze was reportedly found here in 1949. It is possible that was one of several Mesolithic tranchet adzes/axes that was subsequently identified in the finder's collection.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8080 1158 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF81SW |
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| Parish: | SOUTHACRE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1949. Stray Find.
Found by [1]:
1 flint adze, black flint, 5 1/8 inches [13cm] long. Seen by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Information from (S1).
This may be one of the Mesolithic tranchet axes/axes subsequently identified in the collection of [1] by R. Jacobi and listed in (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 August 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- ADZE (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 81 SW 12 [3]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. South Acre. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. pp 212-213. |
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