Record Details

NHER Number:12277
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flaked axehead

Summary

A Neolithic flaked axehead, made of flint.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 739 056
Map Sheet:TF70NW
Parish:BEACHAMWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

About 1970.
Found in stones from carrot harvester.
Chipped flint axe in cream/light brown flint.
See (S1) in the Illustration Library.
A. Lawson (NAU) 4 March 1977.

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

---Newspaper Article: Lynn Advertiser. 1908. Discoveries at Beechamwell & Shingham. 27 November.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Lawson, A.. 1977. Drawing of a Neolithic flaked axehead.. Paper. 1:1.

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