Record Details
NHER Number: | 6666 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Neolithic axeheads |
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Summary
Two Neolithic part-polished flint axeheads.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 1028 3078 |
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Map Sheet: | TG13SW |
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Parish: | CORPUSTY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1957. Stray Find.
Found in market garden 610m northwest of Little London:
1 Neolithic chipped grey flint axe with polished cutting edge. See drawing (S1).
This discovery was reported in (S2).
T. H. McClough (NCM)
In 1983 a large fat part polished flint axe was reported as found here in about 1956.
Presumably a different find. See drawing (S3).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Serial: 1957. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 4. p 2. |
--- | 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. Corpusty. |
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
<S1> | Illustration: [Unknown]. 1957. Drawing of a Neolithic part-polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1. |
<S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1957. Another flint axe found at Corpusty. 18 June. |
<S3> | Illustration: [Unknown]. 1983. Drawing of a Neolithic part-polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1. |
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