Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17101 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Prehistoric and Neolithic flint finds |
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Summary
A Neolithic polished stone axehead was found next to a fossil tree stump on the beach in 1981. Also in the area were prehistoric burnt flints and later post Iron Age pits.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4218 2821 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG42NW |
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| Parish: | LESSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
24 February 1981. On beach.
Neolithic polished stone axe found upright in clay beside preserved tree.
Pot boilers associated.
Post-Iron Age rectangular pits in section.
Investigated by A. Lawson and P. Murphy (NAU).
See report (S1) in file.
A. Lawson (NLA), 27 February 1981.
Monument Types
- PIT (Late Bronze Age to Unknown - 800 BC)
Associated Finds
- POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (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. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Lawson, A. and Murphy, P.. 1981. Report. 24 February. |
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