Record Details

NHER Number:6614
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint find

Summary

A Neolithic chipped grey flint axehead was found in 1887.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 152 383
Map Sheet:TG13NE
Parish:GRESHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

13 September 1887. Grey chipped flint axe, measuring 14.6cm by 4.5cm (5 3/4 inches by 1 3/4 inches), found by [1], schoolmaster, on 'Stibbons twelve acres near Stonepit Hills Farm'.
[2] still resides at Mill Farm and remembers [1] finding this. He indicated the location as the given grid reference
E.Rose (NAU), 17 March 1977.

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.

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