Record Details

NHER Number:10320
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic polished axehead

Summary

It is recorded that before 1913 a Neolithic polished axehead of grey flint was recovered during construction of a path.

Images - none

Location

Parish:THURTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Polished axe of grey flint found in digging up a path.
In NCM. [1]
Exhibited Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, 13 October 1913.
See (S1).
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 30 SW 20.
---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 - Bronze Age. Thurton.
<S1>Article in Serial: 1913. Proceedings of Archaeological Societies [3 of 3]. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 471-474. p 473.

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