Record Details

NHER Number:1417
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead

Summary

A Neoilthic polished flint axehead found before 1949.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 690 368
Map Sheet:TF63NE
Parish:HEACHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Before 1949. Immediately north of Round O Wood on 100 foot contour.
Flint axe polished at tip, opaque creamy grey flint.
(S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU)

This is the axe marked at site NHER 1483 on sketch plan in (S2).
Which is correct?
E. Rose (NAU)

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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 63 NE 34; TF 63 NE 61.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Monograph: Lewton-Braine, C. H. 1967. The Archaeology of Heacham and the adjoining areas.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Heacham.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: Lewton-Braine, C. H. 1950. [unknown].

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