Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4449 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic 'pestle' |
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Summary
A Neolithic 'pestle' of greenstone was found before 1897. The exact location and nature of its discovery are unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pre 1897.
'Pestle' of greenstone.
See (S1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Not clear if this is meant to come from Hilgay Fen as well as the axe with it - see NHER 4448.
E. Rose (NAU).
The pestle does not come from the Fen, only the axe.
F. Healy (NAU), December 1987.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- PESTLE (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. Hilgay. |
| <S1> | Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. pp 100, 255. |
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