Record Details

NHER Number:6762
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Mesolithic flaked flint axehead

Summary

In 1974 a Mesolithic flaked flint axehead was found on the surface of a newly drained and ploughed field.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2463 3613
Map Sheet:TG23NW
Parish:SOUTHREPPS, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1974. Stray Find.
Found on surface of newly drained and ploughed field:
1 Mesolithic chipped flint axehead in mottled brown flint with triangular cross section. No tranchet. See drawing (S1). Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 June 2014.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gregory, T. 1975. Drawing of a Mesolithic flaked flint axehead from Southrepps. Card. 1:1.
<S2>Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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