Record Details

NHER Number:10436
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead

Summary

A Neolithic polished axehead, made of jade.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 3103 9907
Map Sheet:TM39NW
Parish:BERGH APTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1971.
Jade axe found in beet field. Campbell Smith Type, see (S1).
N.145 Jadeite [1]: see petrology card.
See (S2).

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

---Serial: 1971. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1971. No 18. p 3.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 NW 14.
---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. Bergh Apton.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Article in Serial: Campbell Smith, W. 1972. Second supplement to the catalogue of jade axes from sites in the British Isles. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 408-411. p 410.
<S2>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. Pl XII 2.

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