Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3782 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic polished flint axehead |
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Summary
In 1804 a Neolithic polished flint axehead was found embedded in gravel near to the Hall in Westacre Park. This object is now held as part of the Society of Antiquaries Collection.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1804. Found embedded in gravel by Hall in Westacre Park.
Polished flint axe.
Information from S. Woodward 1832.
Add Mss 23.048 f.13 (drawn 1840).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Westacre Hall = High House.
E. Rose (NLA).
Now in Society of Antiquaries Collection (1989).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Plowright, C. B. 1892. Neolithic Man in West Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol V Pt 3 (for 1891-92) pp 250-264. p 253. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. p 102. |
| --- | Article in Serial: [anonymous]. 1861. [proceedings of meeting held Thursday, December 8th, 1859]. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Second Series Vol I pp 26-38. p 29. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. West Acre. |
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