Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13906 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic jade axe |
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Summary
A jade axe, possibly dating to the Neolithic period, is recorded as being found in Langham. The circumstances of its discovery are unknown.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | LANGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Reference in (S1) to jade axe from Langham apparently in Colchester Museum and not included in (S2).
No other information.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- 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. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Correspondence: Campbell-Smith, W. (BM). 1963. Letter to E.B. Green (NCM). 23 January. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Campbell Smith, W. 1965. The Distribution of Jade Axes in Europe with a supplement to the catalogue of those from the British Isles. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol XXXI pp 25-33. |
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