NHER 15731 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead and flakes

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Summary

In 1973 a number of Neolithic flint flakes were recovered from an unidentified area in Tittleshall parish. In 1975 a Neolithic polished flint axehead was also recovered.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish TITTLESHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Pre 1973. Exact site unknown.
Neolithic flints from Tittleshall: oval, worked flake?, grey, 8cm x 5cm.
Quadrilateral flake, 8 x 8cm, grey with some cortex, sharp, edges at two sides but barely any trace of working on them.
Core with small flake scars, 6cm long, base diameter 3cm, grey cortex on one side. Small triangular wedge shaped flake, worked along edge of wedge, 5cm long, brownish grey flint, cortex one side.
Small spokeshave?, curved, grey flint, 5.5cm long.
1973 finds are in KLM [1].

1975.
Also a polished flint axehead (part-polished), pale flint, part of one end missing, around 13cm long.
Axe retained by finder.
Drawing (S1) in file.
E. James (NAU), August 1974 and 1975

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Jan 25 2011 11:13AM

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