Record Details
NHER Number: | 6539 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Neolithic axehead |
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Summary
A flaked Neolithic axehead was found on farm land at this site.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 099 311 |
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Map Sheet: | TG03SE |
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Parish: | BRISTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1958.
Axe. Flint nearly 1kg (2 pounds) weight 22cm (8 3/4 inches) long 9cm (3 1/2 inches) across greatest width. Shaped to narrow thin cutting edge at butt end. Found on farm land just in Briston parish beyond the Fulling Mill dividing Corpusty from Saxthorpe at ford of River Bure. See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Not polished.
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 2. |
--- | 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. Briston. |
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
<S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1958. Another flint axe. 26 June. |
Related records - none
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