Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21802 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flint tools, from west of Woodhouse Farm |
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Summary
In 1985 a collection of Neolithic flint tools was recovered from the surface of a ploughed field here. Finds comprised part of a polished axe, a sickle of quite rare form and a scraper.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 220 963 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM29NW |
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| Parish: | SAXLINGHAM NETHERGATE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1985. Stray Find.
Found on ploughed field:
1 Neolithic polished flint axe, broken and reworked, 1 flint sickle of quite rare form and 1 flint scraper.
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU). See drawings (S1) (S2).
S. Margeson (NCM) 14 June 1984 (to NAU October 1985).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SICKLE (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: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1985. Drawings of a Neolithic reworked polished flint axehead and a Neolithic flint sickle. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1985. Drawing of a Neolithic flint scraper. Paper. 1:1. |
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