Record Details

NHER Number:10915
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axehead

Summary

A polished Neolithic axehead was found here after ploughing in May 1955.

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Location

Parish:BLO NORTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

2109 northwest. ?? 01.02-790.

May 1955.
[1]'s farm (lives at Blo Norton House), about 137m (150 yards) from River Little Ouse. Sandy soil after ploughing to depth of 35.5cm (14 inches).
Tip of polished axe of ochreous flint pointed oval cross-section..
R. R. Clarke (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.
---Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 4.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Blo Norton.

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