NHER 10294 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic chipped and polished axehead
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Summary
A Neolithic chipped and partly polished flint axehead was ploughed up in 1958.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG30SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ROCKLAND ST MARY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May 1958. Stray Find.
Ploughed up southwest of Broad Hall Farm:
1 Neolithic chipped and partly polished flint axehead, 27.3cm (10 3/4 inches) long.
See drawing (S1) and press cutings (S2) and (S3) (copies in file).
Information from (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 August 2014.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 30 SW 28.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2300 Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 4.
- <S1> SNF92009 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1958. Drawing of a Neolithic part-polished flaked flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF5918 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1958. A Fine Flint Axe Ploughed Up. 15 June.
- <S3> SNF475 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1958. Stone Age Axe (photograph). 16 May.
- <S4> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Rockland (St Mary).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 5 2018 1:12PM