Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6589 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic stone axeheads |
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Summary
In around 1917 two Neolithic flint axeheads were recovered from the garden of a property in Sustead.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | SUSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
7 March 1917. Found on surface in garden.
Polished axe 12.7 x 5.7cm (5in x 2.25in) long made from flint with brown patina.
Chipped axe of flinty material 8.9 x 4.4cm (3.5in x 1.75in) long.
Held by F. H. Barclay Collection, possibly now in possession of NCM.
See (S1) and (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
See (S3). Part-polished axe found pre 1914 - the same as above?
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- 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. Sustead. |
| <S1> | Publication: Clarke, W.G.. MSS 126. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1907. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt III (for 1906-1907) pp 393-409. p 403. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: 1911. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt I (for 1909-1910) pp 109-121. p 118. |
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