Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4448 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic axehead from Hilgay Fen |
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Summary
A Neolithic flint axehead was found in Hilgay Fen. The exact location and nature of its discovery are unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
From Hilgay Fen.
Polished flint 'celt'.
See (S1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Reference corrected by E. Rose (NCM).
The object is in Ashmolean 1927.3527 ex J. Evans ex J.W. Flower.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), October 1982.
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. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Hilgay. |
| <S1> | Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. pp 100, 255. |
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