Record Details

NHER Number:3913
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic polished stone axe

Summary

A Neolithic polished stone axe was recovered (no date specified). This find is now held by the British Museum in the Christy Collection.

Images - none

Location

Parish:PENTNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Neolithic polished stone axe retrieved. Now held in the British Museum Christy Collection (St 104V).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

(S1) reports that the findspot is near to the priory.
E. Rose (NAU/NLA).

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.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Pentney.
<S1>Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.

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