Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4601 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic axehead |
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Summary
A Neolithic flint or stone axehead was exhibited at the Archaeological Institute in 1847. It was recorded as coming from Necton. The exact location of this discovery is unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | NECTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Celt of chisel form less than 23cm (9 inches) long. Exhibited at Archaeological Institute 1847 by G. Johnson.
See (S1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Probably stone according to (S2).
G. Johnson says he has three stone axes from Necton - with NHER 4602, this makes one not formerly recorded.
E. Rose (NAU).
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. TF 80 NE 29. |
| --- | 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. Necton. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Monograph: 1851. Catalogue of Antiquities. Exhibited in the Museum formed during the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute, held at Norwich, in 1847. Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Norfolk and the City. Archaeological Institute. pp xxiii-lvi. p xxv. |
| <S2> | Publication: Woodward. 1829. [unknown]. Vol II. 2. p 21. |
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