Record Details

NHER Number:9874
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint finds

Summary

Surface finds in this area included part of a Neolithic polished axe and a leaf-shaped knife. The date of their discovery is not known.

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Location

Parish:BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Surface finds of flint (Boulder Clay type i.e Neolithic). W. G. Clarke. (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Including a fragment of polished axe, flint. E. Rose (NAU).

Includes a leaf shaped knife, exhibited by T.D.Copeman in 1924.
Information from (S2). R.J.Rickett (NAU) 6 July 1990.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (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. Bixley (Arminghall).
<S1>Article in Serial: 1924. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol IV Pt II (for 1923-24) pp 241-245. p 241.
<S2>Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 SE 23.

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