Record Details

NHER Number:9543
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic chipped flint axe

Summary

A Neolithic chipped flint axe was recovered from Eaton parish. The date, exact location, nature and circumstances of this discovery remain unknown.

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Location

Parish:NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Full description

Chipped flint axe 12.7cm (5.25in) long.
Held as part of A. C. Savin Collection in 1907 and by the Spalding Museum in 1950. Previously part of C. O. W. Winter Collection, see (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Originally recorded in the parish of Eaton, now part of Norwich.

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

---Article in Serial: 1911. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt I (for 1909-1910) pp 109-121. p 111.
---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. Easton.
<S1>Publication: Clarke, W.G.. MSS 126.

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