Record Details

NHER Number:6552
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic or Bronze Age flint find

Summary

A Neolithic or Bronze Age polished flint axehead was found in 1950.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 1473 3866
Map Sheet:TG13NW
Parish:WEST BECKHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

August 1950. Waisted flint axe found 1.8m (6 feet) deep on north side of Workhouse (hospital); imitates a metal axe shape. Polished.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 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. Beckham (West).

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