Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2599 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic axehead |
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Summary
A Neolithic axehead, made of stone, found before 1909.
Images - none
Location
Full description
Before 1909. East Moor Fen.
Stone axe, very weathered, length 8.8cm.
Petrology N23.
Coarse grained dolerite.
This may be the same site as NHER 2600.
R. R. Clarke
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- 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. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Barton Bendish. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1970. [unknown]. Bull. Geol. Survey. Vol 33, p 86, Group I. 1447. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155. |
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