Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9617 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flaked flint axehead |
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Summary
It is recorded that in 1841 or 1844 a Neolithic flaked flint axehead, ground at the edge, was recovered from this parish. The exact nature and location of this discovery is unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1841 or 1844.
Chipped flint axe ground at edge, 6 inches x 2 3/4 inches (15cm x 7cm). [1]
(S1) (found 1844), (S2), (S3) (found 1841).
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
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. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Thorpe St Andrew. |
| <S1> | Documentary Source: Various. Drawings, engravings and etchings, including numerous portraits, maps, etc, collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk" 1810-1847. Add MS 23024-23052. Vol XXIII; f.8 (Add MS 23046). |
| <S2> | Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. p 91. |
| <S3> | Documentary Source: Manning, C. R. 1853. Catalogue of Antiquities found in the County of Norfolk. |
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