Record Details

NHER Number:4016
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead and Beaker period arrowhead from Burrow Hill

Summary

A Beaker period barbed and tanged flint arrowhead was found. A Neolithic polished flint axehead was reported in 1975. The exact locations of these finds are unknown.

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Location

Parish:LEXHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Barbed and tanged flint arrowhead.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Reported 1975.
Also in area of this hill a polished stone axe found around 1960. Whereabouts not known.
E. Rose (NLA).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

Associated Finds

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---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. Lexham [2].

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