NHER 10836 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic tranchet flint axehead
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Summary
A Mesolithic tranchet flint axehead found on surface of field in 1968.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM08NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BANHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1968. Stray Find.
Surface find:
1 Mesolithic tranchet flint axe. See sketch (S1) and drawing (S2) (the latter produced when the object was re-examined by J. Wymer (NAU), most likely during the 1980s).
Information from (S3). This appears to be the same object as that recorded by (S4) as a Mesolithic or Neolithic hoe/adze.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2013.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF89063 Illustration: Clough, T. 1969. Sketch of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Cypress Farm, Banham. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF100212 Illustration: Wymer, J. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead/adze from Banham. Paper. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S4> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 08 NE 11.
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
Nov 11 2019 3:24PM