Record Details

NHER Number:10470
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead

Summary

A Neolithic flaked and polished flint axehead.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 487 038
Map Sheet:TG40SE
Parish:BURGH CASTLE, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Full description

22 September 1960.
East side of Mill Road, found on bank of earth thrown up from a water main trench.
Chipped and slightly polished flint axehead heavily patinated.
See (S1) in the Illustration Library.

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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 40 SE 11.
---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. Burgh Castle.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Green C.. 1960. Drawing of a Neolithic flint axehead.. Card. 1:1.

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