Record Details

NHER Number:2958
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint axehead

Summary

In 1961 a Neolithic flint axehead was found.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 0053 0004
Map Sheet:TG00SW
Parish:LITTLE ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1961. Stray Find.
Found during ploughing:
Neolithic polished flint axehead. See drawing (S1).
Identified by E.B. Green (NCM).
Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 May 2018.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • 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. TG 00 SW 11.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1961. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Card. 1:1.
<S2>Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Edgefield.
<S3>Serial: 1961. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1961. No 8. p 2.

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