NHER 11077 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axe

1958. Stray Find.
From pit south-west of Brockdish Hall.
1 Neolithic fragmentary polished flint axe.
Seen A.R. Howlett (NCM) 1959.
Information from record card (S1). This discovery was noted in (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 April 2015 and 16 December 2022.

October 1992-December 1993. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
A143 Brockdish-Needham Bypass.
Field survey on proposed route of bypass (Field 2229):
Sherds of modern tile and pottery.
See report (S3) and plans and lists in file for further details. The results of this survey are also noted in (S4).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.178).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 April 2015 and 5 December 2022.

March-May 1995. Watching Brief.
A143 Brockdish-Needham Bypass.
Observation and metal-detecting of stripped surface.
No archaeologically-significant features observed and no finds recovered.
See report (S5) for further information and NHER 31423 for details of unstratified metal objects recovered from relocated topsoil being used to form banks at unspecified locations along the bypass route. This work is also noted in (S6).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.333).
P. Watkins (HES), 1 April 2015. Amended 16 December 2022.