Record Details

NHER Number:14433
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic axe and quern

Summary

Neolithic stone axes and a quern have been found at this site.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 709 063
Map Sheet:TF70NW
Parish:BARTON BENDISH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

April 1972.
'Stone axes found', 82.5mm long, 40mm wide at blade 25mm at butt.
A. Rogerson, (NAU) 20 February 1991

See (S1), (S2) and (S3).

A saddle quern also found.
E. Rose (NAU) 2 October 1981.

Group 1 stone axe (petrology no N156) is from this site NOT NHER 4493

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • QUERN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 70 NW 19.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Serial: 1972. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1972. No 19. p 3.
<S2>Publication: Clough & Cummins. 1988. [unknown].
<S3>Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map.

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