Record Details

NHER Number:8771
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint axehead

Summary

In 1964 a Neolithic polished flint axehead was recovered from the ground surface at this location.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 9115 0083
Map Sheet:TF90SW
Parish:WATTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1964. Stray Find.
Found 80yds [73m] north-west of School:
1 Neolithic chipped flint axehead. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2), reported in (S3) and noted on (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 January 2016.

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: Milligan, W. 1964. Drawing of a Neolithic flaked flint axehead from Watton. Paper. 1:1.
<S2>Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Watton.
<S3>Serial: 1964. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1964. No 11. p 6.
<S4>Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 SW 31.

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