Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2108 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic polished flint axe |
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Summary
A very large Neolithic polished flint axe was found in a beet field in the parish.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | BARSHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1969.
'Stone Age axehead in good condition' 'Docking and Fakenham Times' (presumably should read as (S1)).
T.H. Mck. Clough (NAU).
1980.
This implement shown to E. Rose by owner
It is very large Neolithic flint axe (polished). Owner stated it was found in a beet field.
E. Rose (NAU), 11 February 1981.
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
| --- | Serial: 1969. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1969. No 16. p 4. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 93 SW 18. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Barsham. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Dereham and Fakenham Times. 19. [unknown]. 3 October. |
Related records - none
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