NHER 10714 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint find
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM49NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRITTON AND ST OLAVES, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1971. Polished flint axe with faceted sides, grey flint of ?Lincolnshire type. Found in ploughed field west of Fritton House.
(S1) by T. Clough (NCM) 1971, copy in file.
T. Clough (NCM).
Is this the same as the object now in the collection of [2]?
Described by SAU as butt end of polished flint axe with pointed butt.
Surviving length 13cm, 6.3cm wide, 3.8cm thick maximum; white flint
'From Block Lane, Fritton' (site 10714 is along that lane).
E.Rose (NLA), 21 February 1992.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Fritton and St Olaves.
- --- 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 40 SE 12.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- <S2> SNF2470 Article in Serial: Owles, E. J. 1972. Archaeology in Suffolk, 1972. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Vol XXXII Pt 3 pp 282-291. p 284.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 8 2019 9:32AM