NHER 10594 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead
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Summary
A Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead was found here in 1960.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEDENHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 1960. Stray Find.
Found by [1] 475 ft (145m) east of Hedenham Lodge:
Mesolithic tranchet-type flaked flint axehead. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1960.238). See drawing (S1). Information from (S2). Listed in (S3) and described in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 January 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. TM 39 SW 17.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF87125 Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 3.
- <S1> SNF90718 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1960. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Hedenham. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S3> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 206.
- <S4> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10264.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
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Record last edited
May 19 2016 10:53AM