NHER 1413 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic polished axeheads
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF63NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEACHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May 1951. Stray Find.
Found north of Gravelpit Belt, east side of road from Heacham Bottom Cottages:
1 Neolithic/Early Bronze Age polished flint axe. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 February 2018.
April 1952. Stray Find.
Found at same spot as previous discovery.
1 Neolithic polished flint axehead. See drawing (S3).
Reported in local press (S4) and in the possession of the Sandringham Estate Museum ('York Cottage Estate Museum').
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 February 2018.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 63 NE 32.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81769 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1951. Drawing of a Neolithic/Early Bronze age polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Heacham [2].
- <S3> SNF81768 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1952. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
- <S4> SNF360 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1952. [unknown]. 14 June.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 17 2023 3:48PM