Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30701 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic axe |
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Summary
A Mesolithic flint tranchet axe was found on the surface at this site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 0630 9510 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM09NE |
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| Parish: | BESTHORPE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1993. Surface find.
Mesolithic flint tranchet axe (so-called 'Thames Pick'). Length 164mm, width 51mm, thickness 31mm (all maxima).
E. Rose (NLA).
1994.
Now photographed.
D.Gurney (NLA) 14 July 1994.
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
| --- | Photograph: 1994. LED 15-19, Mesolithic flint tranchet axe.. |
| --- | Photograph: 1994. LED 21-24, Mesolithic flint tranchet axe.. |
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