NHER 14446 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axe fragment, The Paddocks
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1913. Found in centre of gardens.
Half a polished axe of grit, with partial perforations (not opposite each other) near the middle of the remaining portion.
Information from (S1).
Location of object now? Not in Thetford Museum (A. Maddock).
This is in fact same as one in NCM collection, formerly held by the Halls Collection (formerly NHER 5812).
Petrology N14, fine grained siliceous tuff or rhyolite. Geol. Survey enq. 400.
See for comparison axe in (S2).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Thetford.
- --- 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. TL 88 SE 76.
- <S1> SNF1458 Article in Serial: 1913. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt III (for 1912-13) pp 378-382. p 381.
- <S2> SNF2471 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 6 2016 4:23PM