Record Details

NHER Number:8094
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead found northwest of Fir House

Summary

A Neolithic flint polished axehead found in 1959.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2071 1289
Map Sheet:TG21SW
Parish:HELLESDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1959.
Cutting edge of polished flint axehead found about 457m (1500') northwest of Fir House.
R.R. Clarke (NCM)

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 21 SW 23.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 4.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Hellesdon.

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