Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2967 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead |
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Summary
A Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead was found here in 1974.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0010 0253 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG00SW |
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| Parish: | CRANWORTH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1974. Stray Find.
Found on surface:
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead. See drawing (S1).
E. Rose (NAU). Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 May 2013.
The mapped location of this record reflects the grid reference given on (S2), the previous location for this record ([1]) being presumable a misreading of these coordinates.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 May 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 00 SW 18. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gregory, T. 1975. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Cranworth. Card. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic. |
| <S3> | Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. p 3. |
Related records - none
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