Record Details

NHER Number:14802
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic knife from Santon

Summary

A Neolithic polished discoidal knife was found. The exact nature and location of this discovery are unclear.

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Location

Parish:LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Santon - exact site unknown.
Polished discoidal flint knife.
See (S1) and (S2).
Information from F. Healy (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 27 April 1979.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • DISCOIDAL KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POLISHED KNIFE (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.
<S1>Article in Serial: [unknown]. Norfolk Archaeology Misc.. Vol I, part III.
<S2>Article in Serial: Clarke, J. G. D. 1929. Discoidal Polished Flint Knives - Their typology and distribution. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol VI Pt I (for 1928) pp 40-54.

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