NHER 10514 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axe

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Summary

A Neolithic stone axe found before 1897.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish LODDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Stone axe found at Dull's Lane near Loddon, pointed butt.
See (S1) and (S2).
Petrology N18, ophitic dolerite (Geol.Survey 1442), see (S3).

Dull's Lane identified by E. Rose (NAU) 19 July 1978 as the road that runs south from the extreme corner of Loddon parish at 3548 9541 into Kirby Cane and Ellingham. Whether the name also applies to the road running north from here to Loddon is not clear.

  • --- Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. No 117.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Loddon.
  • <S1> Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. p 125.
  • <S2> Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 277.
  • <S3> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Sep 18 2013 3:29PM

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