NHER 10919 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic stone find

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Summary

A Neolithic polished jadeite axehead was found in the late 19th century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish SOUTH LOPHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Lopham Ford. Found before 1884.
Jadeite axehead (green-grey colour) submitted to Sir John Evans 1884 by J. E. Amyer of Diss (now lost). 16cm (6 1/2 inches) long. See (S1), (S2) and (S3).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Lopham (South).
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 07 NW 57.
  • <S1> Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. p 107.
  • <S2> Publication: Dutt, W. A. 1905. The Waveney Valley in the Stone Age. 2.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Campbell Smith, W. 1963. Jade Axes from Sites in the British Isles. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol XXIX pp 133-172. No 32.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 13 2016 3:55PM

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