Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6622 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Unprovenanced Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead (Matlask, poorly located) |
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Summary
In 1974 a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead was found at an unknown location in Matlask parish.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | MATLASK, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1974. Stray Find.
Exact site and circumstances of discovery unknown:
1 Mesolithic chipped flint axe with tranchet flake removed. See drawing (S1). Information from (S2).
This discovery was first reported in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 June 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gregory, T. 1974. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Matlask. Card. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic. |
| <S3> | Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. p 6. |
Related records - none
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