Record Details
NHER Number: | 14920 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Neolithic flint knife (poorly located) |
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Summary
It is recorded that in 1979 a Neolithic polished discoidal knife was recovered from the parish of Swaffham. The exact nature and location of this discovery are unclear.
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Location
Parish: | SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Exact site unknown.
Polished discoidal knife.
See (S1) quoting Evans, 343.
Ashmolean Museum.
Information from F. Healy (NAU).
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 15 May 1979.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- DISCOIDAL KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED KNIFE (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. |
<S1> | Article in Serial: Clarke, J. G. D. 1929. Discoidal Polished Flint Knives - Their typology and distribution. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol VI Pt I (for 1928) pp 40-54. |
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