Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6790 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic finds |
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Summary
In 1967 a large Neolithic chipped and polished flint axehead was found by change at this location. A Neolithic flint scraper was found in 2023.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 27 36 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG23NE |
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| Parish: | SOUTHREPPS, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1967. Stray Find. [1].
Picked up in sugar beet field around 300 yds [274m] north-east of Limekiln Farm:
Neolithic large chipped and polished flint axehead.
Compiled by E. B. Green (NCM). Information from record card (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 April 2025.
January-August 2023. Stray Find. [2].
Neolithic flint scraper.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 7 July 2024 and 26 January 2025.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (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. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Southrepps. |
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