Record Details

NHER Number:9021
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic polished flint axeheads

Summary

At an unspecified date, two or three Neolithic flint axeheads were recovered from Stow Bedon. The exact location and circumstances of their discovery are not known.

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Location

Parish:STOW BEDON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Two polished axeheads. See (S1). ('One face flatter than other' according to NCM Fitch Collection - E. Rose (NAU).)
Flint celt (Fitch Collection 1853), see (S2). (Is this the same as the other ones? - E. Rose (NAU).)
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: 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. Stow Bedon.
<S1>Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. p 100.
<S2>Documentary Source: Manning, C. R. 1853. Catalogue of Antiquities found in the County of Norfolk.

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