Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2768 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic flint tranchet adze |
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Summary
In 1974 a Mesolithic flint tranchet adze was found in a pipe trench at this location. This object was originally recorded as a Neolithic pick.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9571 0890 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90NE |
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| Parish: | BRADENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1974. Stray Find.
Found in pipe trench:
1 prehistoric chipped flint axe/pick. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1974.399).
Information from (S1). See finder's map and notes in file (S2).
Although initially recorded as Neolithic this object was subsequently examined by R. Jacobi and re-identified as a Mesolithic core adze, with tranchet sharpening scars both sides.
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 August 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
| --- | Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. p 2. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 NE 8. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Bradenham (Wood Farm). |
| <S2> | Map: Finder's Map.. |
| <S3> | Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10171. |
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