Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10508 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flint axe from Heckingham Common |
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Summary
A Neolithic flint axe was found on Heckingham Common in 1861. The exact nature and location of its discovery are unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | HECKINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| NORTON SUBCOURSE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Fine flint axe on Heckingham Common.
See (S1).
23.5cm (9 1/4 inches) length 1kg (2 1/4 pounds) weight.
Where was common? East side of parish, into Norton.
See (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 276. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 NE 21; TM 39 NE 22. |
| --- | 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. Heckingham. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1863. Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society. Report for 1861. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VI pp i-v. p ii. |
| <S2> | Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. p 103. |
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