Record Details

NHER Number:4694
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint adze

Summary

In 1972 a Neolithic flint adze was recovered from the ground surface at this location. It had been rechipped and retained slight traces of polishing on the side near the cutting edge.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8962 0089
Map Sheet:TF80SE
Parish:SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1972. Stray Find.
Surface find.
Neolithic rechipped flint adze, retaining slight traces of polishing on the side near cutting edge.
See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 September 2018.

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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 80 SE 26.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Clough, T. H. Mck. 1972. Drawing of a Neolithic rechipped flint adze. Card. 1:1.
<S3>Serial: 1972. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1972. No 19. p 9.

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