Record Details

NHER Number:6129
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead

Summary

A Neolithic flaked axehead, made of flint.

Images - none

Location

Parish:BLAKENEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Between 1923 and 1925.
Exact location unknown, somewhere on Blakeney Downs (0242 to 0342).
Symmetrical chipped axe of Lincolnshire flint.
See (S1) in file for NHER 15637.
E. Rose (NAU)

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • FLAKED 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. Blakeney.
<S1>Thesis: Gidney, L. J.. 1977. Some Neolithic Flint Axes and a Surface Collection from Church Farm, Wiveton, Norfolk. p 13; No 40.

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