Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9548 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic polished flint axe |
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Summary
A Neolithic polished flint axe, with evidence of rechipping, was recovered from somewhere in Eaton. The exact date, nature and circumstances of this discovery remain unknown.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Polished axe, broken and rechipped, see (S1).
Photocopy (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NAU/NLA).
P. Robins (NCM) states that this is the miniature axe published in (S3).
E. Rose (NLA) 12 May 1997.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- MINIATURE OBJECT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- 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. Easton. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1912. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt II (for 1910-11 and 1911-12) pp 233-241. p 241; Pl LVIII. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Robins, P. 1996. Miniature Axes in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 374-376. |
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