NHER 14169 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint axeheads and multi-period pottery sherds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF73SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BIRCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Summerfield House, Lynn Road.
1978? In garden.
Found 0.6-0.9m (2-3ft) deep in digging hole.
Chipped and polished flint axe, light and dark grey.
See illustration on index card.
Seen KLM, 16 October 1978.
11 November 1978. Found in digging pit.
Also topstone of small millstone, 34cm diameter.
German lava, iron bar (now gone) across centre hole, identations for four metal bars (one survives).
March 1979. Found in digging bungalow foundations.
Thetford-type Grimston ware including thumb-pressed rim to storage jar.
(This should read, Grimston-type Thetford - E. Rose (NAU)).
Also late Grimston bowl sherds with internal green glaze.
Seen by KLM.
R. Trett (KLM) 1979.
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (5)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MILLSTONE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 16 2021 10:10AM