Record Details

NHER Number:8420
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic polished flint axehead

Summary

In around 1922 a Neolithic polished flint axehead was ploughed up by at this location. Study of the axehead showed it was made using Lincolnshire flint.

Images - none

Location

Parish:WOODBASTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Around 1922. Ploughed up by [1].
Polished flint axe. Lincolnshire flint.
See (S1) and (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Drawing (S3) in the Illustration Library.

Polished flint axehead possibly same as the 1922 one?
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: 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. Woodbastwick [2].
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Publication: Clarke, W.G.. MSS note.
<S2>Unpublished Document: Clarke, W. G. 1919-1927. Norfolk Notes. 29 April 1922.
<S3>Illustration: Clarke, R.. Unknown. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead.. Card. 1:1.

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