Record Details

NHER Number:5608
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axeheads, scrapers, borer and fabricator

Summary

It is recorded that the end of a Neolithic chipped axehead, nine scrapers, one borer, one fabricator and a part-polished axehead were recovered from this area. The exact date of their discovery is unclear.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 798 884
Map Sheet:TL78NE
Parish:WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

By the 'Drove Road' at east foot of Broomhill (W. G. Clarke (NCM) site 13).
Given to NCM in 1937 by R. C.
End of chipped axe, nine scrapers, one borer, one fabricator.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Also a part-polished axe, in NCM [1]. Parrot.
E. Rose (NAU).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • 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. Weeting.

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