NHER 12578 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead and prehistoric worked flints
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Summary
A Neolithic flaked flint axehead was found in 1977. Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a general scatter of prehistoric worked flints.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1977. On field surface. Context 2 at 685 962.
Chipped and polished flint axe-head, 15.1cm long, maximum width 6.8cm.
See (S1).
Information from NCM.
24 April 1987. Fenland fieldwalking.
Young cereal, weathered soil.
Context 1. General scatter. MTW EI.
Odd flints, no concentrations.
R. Silvester (NAU), 24 April 1987.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S2).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF16075 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW EI. FENS.
- --- SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF79100 Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1977. Drawing of a Neolithic flaked flint axehead.. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 25 2014 3:57PM