Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10717 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Bronze Age axehead, Neolithic of Bronze Age pendant or hone |
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Summary
In 1909 an Early Bronze Age stone battle axe, thought to be Danish, and a Neolithic or Bronze Age slate pendant or hone were recovered from the parish of Toft Monks.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | TOFT MONKS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1909.
Early Bronze Age stone battle axe (Danish) and slate pendant or hone found 1ft (30cm) apart by labourer in his garden.
Information from BM catalogue.
In BM.
See (S1).
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
Associated Finds
- PENDANT? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- PERFORATED OBJECT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- WHETSTONE? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- BATTLEAXE (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 49 NW 17. |
| --- | 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. Tofts Monks. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Watson, W.. 1950. Flint implements: an account of Stone Age techniques and cultures.. pl IX, no 4. |
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