Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21264 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric flake and Neolithic axehead from Claxton's Close, Bale |
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Summary
Two Neolithic flint polished axeheads were found in the 1940s. A prehistoric flint flake was found during fieldwalking in the 1980s.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0189 3706 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03NW |
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| Parish: | GUNTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1937 to 1940s. Surface find on 'Claxton's Close'.
Two elegant thin butted, part polished flint axes.
See sketches (S1).
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU) 25 February 1985.
Site visited by J. J. Wymer (NAU) 6th March 1985.
Sandy, gravelly field with winter wheat and good conditions for fieldwalking.
Only one flake found in 20 minutes of searching.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- 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. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Illustration: Wymer, J.. 1985. Sketches of two Neolithic part-polished flint axesheads. Paper. 1:1. |
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