Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2109 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Unprovenanced Mesolithic flint tranchet adze, East Barsham (Barsham, poorly located) |
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Summary
In 1886 a prehistoric flint core tool was found at an unknown location in East Barsham (now part of Barsham parish). This object was originally recorded as Neolithic but was more recently identified as a Mesolithic tranchet adze.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | BARSHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1886. Stray Find.
The Norwich Castle Museum holds an object from East Barsham that was found by Rev. E. W. Dowell in 1886 (NWHCM : 1886.24.2). This object is described as a "Neolithic flint implement" and is noted by (S1). It is presumably the reason that Barsham is listed in (S2) as one of the locations that had produced "Boulder Clay Type" Neolithic finds prior to 1907. More recently, this object was examinated by R. Jacobi who identified it as a blue-patinated Mesolithic core adze with a tranchet sharpening blow on its upper face. Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 July 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Barsham. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1907. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt III (for 1906-1907) pp 393-409. |
| <S3> | Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10217. |
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