NHER 12579 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead and prehistoric worked and burnt flints
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Summary
A Neolithic flaked and polished flint axehead was found in 1977. Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a scatter of prehistoric worked and burnt 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 686 962.
Chipped and polished flint axe, 13.1cm long, maximum width 6.0cm.
See (S1).
Information from NCM.
7 April 1987. Fenland fieldwalking.
Rolled and weathered ploughsoil.
Context 1. MTW DM.
Scatter odd flint and pot boilers, no concentrations.
R. Silvester (NAU), 7 April 1987.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S2).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF16055 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW DM. 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> SNF79099 Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1977. Drawing of a Neolithic flaked and polished flint axehead.. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (4)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (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
Sep 15 2016 10:19AM