Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8468 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic polished flint axehead |
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Summary
Ploughing of parkland near to Salhouse Hall in 1973 unearthed a Neolithic polished flint axe. This example showed slight damage around the cutting edge.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 302 142 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG31SW |
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| Parish: | SALHOUSE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1973. Found after ploughing parkland by Salhouse Hall.
Polished flint axe, slightly damaged at cutting edge.
Drawn by T. H. Mck. Clough (NAU) 1973, (S1)
E. Rose (NAU/NLA).
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
| --- | Serial: 1973. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1973. No 20. p 13. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 31 SW 14. |
| --- | 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. Salhouse. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Clough, T.. 1973. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axe.. Card. 1:1. |
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