Record Details

NHER Number:20573
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint find

Summary

Part of a Neolithic polished flint axehead was found in 1983.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 2204 9343
Map Sheet:TM29SW
Parish:MORNINGTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1983. Found in Boyland Lane; perhaps secondary deposit from filling of post holes. Butt end of all-over polished axe of heavily iron stained flint, with hinge fracture break. Some patination and other later chipping; flat sides. Sketch (S1) NCM.
Identified by E. B. Green (NCM), August 1984

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.
<S1>Illustration: Finds Illustrations.

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