Record Details

NHER Number:7335
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint find

Summary

A large Neolithic polished flint axehead was found in 1963.

Images - none

Location

Parish:CAWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK
HEYDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1963. Found while cleaning out a dyke.
Large polished flint axehead with iron staining 25cm (10 inches) long, (S1).
E. B. Green (NCM).

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: 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. Cawston (Heydon).
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Milligan, W. F. 1964. Sketch of a Neolithic polished flint axehead.. Card. 1:1.

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