Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7682 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Two Neolithic flint axeheads from Horstead Hall |
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Summary
Two Neolithic flint axes were found near Horstead Hall. One axehead was flaked and the other polished. The exact location(s) of these finds is unknown.
Images - none
Location
Full description
1958. Stray Find.
Hall Farm.
1 Neolithic flaked flint axehead and 1 part-polished flint axehead. See drawings (S1) and (S2).
No Hall Farm marked on Ordnance Survey.
Seen 2 May 1958.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Found at Horstead Hall.
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 3. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 21 NE 15. |
| --- | 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. Horstead. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1958. Drawing of a Neolithic flaked flint axehead. Card. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1958. Drawing of a Neolithic part-polished flint axehead. Card. 1:1. |
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