Record Details

NHER Number:14934
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead

Summary

A Neolithic flaked flint axehead was found in Walsingham. The exact location and nature of its discovery are unclear.

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Location

Parish:WALSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Pre 1963. Stray Find.
Found at Little Walingham, exact site unknown:
1 Neolithic chipped flint axe.
Transferred to Norwich Castle Museum from Gunnersbury Park Museum (NWHCM : 1963.261.13). Finder and circumstances of discovery not recorded.
Information from F. Healy (NAU) and museum records.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 May 1979. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 December 2015.

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

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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