Record Details

NHER Number:9958
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic polished stone axehead

Summary

Around 1960 a Neolithic polished stone axehead was recovered from the surface of this field.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 1544 9953
Map Sheet:TM19NE
Parish:WRENINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

About 1960. Surface find on sandy field, part of Fir Grove Farm.
Polished stone axehead.
N.126 group VI (identified by F. S. Wallis) (S1).
In NCM [1].
T. Clough (NAU).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • 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. Wreningham.
<S1>Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.

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