Record Details

NHER Number:17178
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint axehead

Summary

Fieldwalking here in 1981 recovered a broken part-polished flint axe. This axe was believed to be of Neolithic date.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 2573 9725
Map Sheet:TM29NE
Parish:SHOTESHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1981. Approximately 457m (500yds) north-northeast of Lathgreen Farm. Found in fieldwalking.
Broken part-polished flint axe.
Finder's no.4243.
See (S1).
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU) 18 March 1981.
W. Milligan (NCM) 17 March 1981.

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: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Lawson, A.. 1981. Drawing of a Neolithic broken part-polished flint axe.. Card. 1:1.

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