Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2764 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic polished flint axehead |
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Summary
A few years before 1948 a Neolithic polished flint axehead was recovered from a field west of Manor House.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9925 0843 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90NE |
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| Parish: | WHINBURGH AND WESTFIELD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Before 1948. Stray Find.
Found a few years before 1948 in field around 1000 yds [914m] west of Manor House:
Neolithic polished flint axe of mottled white flint with squared sides. 7 inches [18cm] long, max width 2 3/5 inches [7cm] x max thickness 1 1/5 inch [3cm].
Seen by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Information from (S1), which also has a rough sketch of the object.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2018.
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 90 NE 2. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Whinburgh. |
Related records - none
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