Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9145 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic gouge and Neolithic axehead (possibly the same object) |
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Summary
At an unspecified date a Neolithic axehead was found in the nursery here. Possibly the same object as a 'Palaeolithic gouge' recorded by W. G. Clarke in 1906.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 024 917 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM09SW |
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| Parish: | QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pre 1934. Stray Find.
In 1934 H. Apling exhibited an "ochreous axe" of possible Neolithic date at a meeting of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia (S1). This object was described as peat stained, measuring 4in [10 cm] by 2in [5cm] and had been found 18in [46cm] "down in nursery" on Sir Hugh Beevor's estate at Hargham. Information from (S2).
According to (S2) this is possible the site where a small Palaeolithic 'gouge' was found on the surface in 1906; a find noted in (S3). The record card is not entirely clear, but it appears to suggest that this may be the same object as that which was later described as a Neolithic axe.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 April 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC? to 10001 BC?)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- GOUGE? (Lower Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic - 500000 BC? to 10001 BC?)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1934. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol VII Pt III pp 427-430. p 427. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. |
| <S3> | Publication: Clarke, W.G.. Ms 126. |
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