Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8187 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead |
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Summary
A Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead was found here during potato harvesting in 1974.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3378 2520 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG32NW |
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| Parish: | DILHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
July 1974. Stray Find.
Found while harvesting potatoes (soil medium loam but rather marshy):
Mesolithic flint tranchet axe. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2). First reported in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gregory, T. 1974. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Dilham. Card. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic. |
| <S3> | Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. p 3. |
Related records - none
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