Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10436 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic axehead |
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Summary
A Neolithic polished axehead, made of jade.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 3103 9907 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39NW |
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| Parish: | BERGH APTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1971.
Jade axe found in beet field. Campbell Smith Type, see (S1).
N.145 Jadeite [1]: see petrology card.
See (S2).
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: 1971. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1971. No 18. p 3. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 NW 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. Bergh Apton. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Campbell Smith, W. 1972. Second supplement to the catalogue of jade axes from sites in the British Isles. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 408-411. p 410. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155. Pl XII 2. |
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