Record Details

NHER Number:6609
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint find

Summary

A Neolithic chipped flint axehead was found during peat digging work in 1919.

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Location

Parish:GRESHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1919.Found in hole dug for peat extraction.
Chipped flint axe about 25.4cm (10 inches) long. Lozenge cross section. (S1). (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

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. Gressham.
<S1>Article in Serial: 1919. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt I (for 1918-19) pp 162-164. p 163.
<S2>Publication: Clarke, W.G.. Mss 126. 2.

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