Record Details
NHER Number: | 2783 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Neolithic axehead |
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Summary
A Neolithic stone axehead was recovered at this site. It has bevelled sides and cutting edge. It may be foreign.
Images - none
Location
Full description
Broken end of stone axe with bevelled sides and cutting edge. Foreign apppearance. Length 9cm (3 1/2 inches). Petrology: N.4, silicaceous tuff. Geol Survey Enq 215.
F. H. Barclay collection 1935 (NCM 57.935).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
T. Clough (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. Beetley (East Bilney). |
<S1> | 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. |
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