Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3735 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic/Early Bronze Age polished axehead |
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Summary
A Neolithic/Early Bronze Age polished flint or greenstone axehead was found on a mound at this location in 1927.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7433 1900 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NW |
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| Parish: | GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1927. Stray Find.
Found on mound about 600 yards [548m] west of New Buildings:
Neolithic/Early Bronze Age polished flint (or ?greenstone) axehead. See sketch (S1).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 June 2018.
Mound - in old brickyard.
E. Rose (NLA). Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 June 2018.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
Associated Finds
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 71 NW 5. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Sketch of a Neolithic/Early Bronze Age polished flint/greenstone axehead. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Gayton (Thorpe). |
| <S3> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records - none
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