Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1785 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic axehead |
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Summary
A polished Neolithic flint axehead was found at 'Ring Park', Burnham Thorpe, just south of the church.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 852 416 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF84SE |
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| Parish: | BURNHAM THORPE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1950. Stray Find.
'Ring Park', Burnham Thorpe, just south of church.
Neolithic polished flint axehead, provenance unsatisfactory. See sketches (S1) and (S2).
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2018.
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
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 84 SE 23. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Thatcher, I. 1950. Sketch of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Card. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Thatcher, I. 1950. Sketch of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Card. 1:1. |
| <S3> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Burnham Thorpe. |
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