Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8758 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic chipped flint axehead |
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Summary
In 1957 a partly polished Neolithic chipped flint axehead was discovered.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9196 0224 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90SW |
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| Parish: | OVINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1957. Discovered near to Ovington Cross.
A Neolithic chipped flint axehead, partly polished, see drawing (S1).
Reported in (S2), noted in (S3) and reported in (S4).
T. Clough (NAU), April 1957.
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. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Clough, T.. 1957. Drawing of a partly polished Neolithic chipped flint axehead.. Card. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Serial: 1957. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 4. p 4. |
| <S3> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 SW 27. |
| <S4> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1957. Flint Axe Found at Hempstead. 11 April. |
Related records - none
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