NHER 17177 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint axehead

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Summary

Fieldwalking in this area during 1981 recovered a broken flint axehead. The axehead showed signs of polishing and was dated to the Neolithic period.

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Map sheet TM29NE
Civil Parish SHOTESHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1981. Approximately 274m (300yds) southeast of Stubbs Green. Found in fieldwalking.
Broken (reused?) polished flint axehead.
Finder's no.3610.
See (S1).
Identifed by A. Lawson (NAU) 18 March 1981.
W. Milligan (NCM) 17 March 1981.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Lawson, A.. 1981. Drawing of a Neolithic broken flint axehead.. Card. 1:1.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Jun 8 2023 3:35PM

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