Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8149 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic polished flint axehead, Rackheath Park |
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Summary
In 1959 a Neolithic chipped flint axehead was recovered from here. It showed signs of once being polished.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2748 1244 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SE |
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| Parish: | RACKHEATH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1959.
Chipped flint axehead ?originally polished.
Copy of press cutting (S1) on (S2).
R. R. Clarke (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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 21 SE 4. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 5. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1959. Axe with spuds. 5 May. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Rackheath. |
Related records - none
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