Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8147 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead |
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Summary
In 1941 a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead was found in the garden of a property in Rackheath.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2861 1256 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SE |
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| Parish: | RACKHEATH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1941. Stray Find.
Found in garden:
1 prehistoric chipped flint axe. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1941.49). Information from (S1). Although originally identified as probably Neolithic this object is recorded in (S2) as a 'Norfolk-type' Mesolithic axehead, with a tranchet scar on its upper face.
Although this record was previously unmapped it seems reasonable to assume that this object was found in the garden of the house owned by its finder - 22 Salhouse Road, Rackheath.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 May 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. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Rackheath. |
| <S2> | Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10321. |
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