Record Details

NHER Number:6789
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic polished flint axehead

Summary

In 1966 a Neolithic polished flint axehead was found during potato picking in a recently ploughed field, near the stream.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2704 3753
Map Sheet:TG23NE
Parish:SOUTHREPPS, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1966. Polished flint axehead found while potato picking in recently ploughed field near stream. [1]
Flint cobbles either side along stream edge. Possibly Linconshire flint. Around 700 yds (640m) northeast of Pointer's Farm.
Sketch (S1) in secondary file.
Compiled by E. B. Green (NCM).

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.
---Unpublished Document: Yardley, C. J. 2011. The Mun Valley: Historic landscape Assessment and Landscape Character Assessment for Norfolk Coast Project. p 12.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Southrepps.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Finds Illustrations.

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