NHER 15874 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead from east side of Windsor Road
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Summary
A Neolithic flint polished and chipped axehead found in the early 1970s.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HELLESDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1972 to 1973. Stray Find.
Found in digging footings for kitchen extension. Number of house not known but location indicated on map at grid reference.
1 Neolithic chipped flint axe of mottled light grey flint, partly polished. Blade rechipped, butt damaged.
See photograph (S1) in file and outline sketch (S2).
A. Lawson (NAU) 6 March 1980.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Hellesdon.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF8914 Photograph: BMQ.
- <S2> SNF92064 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1980. Outline sketch of a Neolithic part-polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
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
Aug 4 2014 2:43PM