Record Details

NHER Number:7527
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint axehead

Summary

In 1971, a large chipped, partly polished Neolithic flint axehead was picked up from the surface of a field near the parish boundary.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2297 2842
Map Sheet:TG22NW
Parish:BURGH AND TUTTINGTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK
COLBY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1971. On parish boundary.
Large chipped, partly polished flint axe picked upon surface of ploughed field. Field drained two or three years ago as 'swamp'.
Drawn T. H. Mck. Clough (NCM) 1971 (copy in file). See (S1).
T. Clough (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 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. Colby/Tuttington.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Clough, T.. 1971. Drawing of a partly polished Neolithic flint axehead.. Card. 1:1.

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