Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2761 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic polished flint axehead |
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Summary
Sometime around 1970 a Neolithic polished axehead made from orange flint was recovered from the ground surface at this location.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 959 065 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90NE |
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| Parish: | SHIPDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
About 1970. Stray Find.
Neolithic waisted flint axe in orange flint, with polished cutting edge. See drawing (S1).
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU/NLA).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2018.
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
| <S1> | Illustration: Clough, T. 1973. Drawing of a Neolithic part-polished flint axehead. Card. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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