Record Details

NHER Number:19676
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead

Summary

A Neolithic flaked axehead, made of flint.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 825 434
Map Sheet:TF84SW
Parish:BURNHAM NORTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Between 1940 and 1950.
Circumstances of find unknown.
Neolithic chipped flint axe.
About 16cm long.
Very heavy, well worked.
Mottled flint with flaws.
Identified A. Gregory (NAU) and description by E. Rose (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 9 November 1983.

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

---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Photograph: CLS 19-25.

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