NHER 17717 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead and a Roman quern.
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL98NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRIDGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1981 or before. Stray Find.
Surface find, within 18m (20yds) of river:
1 Neolithic flint axe, polished and later rechipped. Flaring sides, rounded butt and cutting edge, of pointed oval transverse section. Apparently once all over polished, apart from some deeper flake scars on body of implement. Subsequent flaking, concentrated at butt and cutting edge, cuts through polish.
Darkish, black/brown staining as if from peat. See drawing (S1) and photograph (S2).
Identified by F. Healy.
A. Rogerson (NAU) October 1981.
Before October 2009. Casual find from river dredgings.
Roman quern,
See description and photographs in file,
A. Rogerson, (NLA), 15 February 2010
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF92070 Illustration: White, S. 1981. Drawing of a Neolithic reflaked polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
May 28 2020 2:18PM