Record Details
NHER Number: | 2998 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Neolithic pick |
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Summary
A Neolithic flint pick, found in 1930.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 0420 1721 |
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Map Sheet: | TG01NW |
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Parish: | ELSING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1930. Casual Find.
A Neolithic flint pick was found on the banks of the Wensum on Penny Spot Farm while digging a hole for a post.
The pick was altered from an adze and measures 33cm long and 5cm wide, with polish on the tip and a flake scar on one side.
Information from (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
1986.
Informant states that local people say the pick was found in the small wood at a grid reference known as The Bog.
E. Rose (NAU) 13 January 1986.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- PICK (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 01 NW 7. |
--- | 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. Elsing. |
<S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1930. Eastern Daily Press. 6 December. |
Related records - none
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