NHER 18267 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint axehead and Neolithic pick

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Summary

Fieldwalking between 1982 and 1984 recovered a Mesolithic flint axehead and a possible Neolithic flint pick roughout.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1982. Fieldwalking.
Found during fieldwalking (finder's Site 333a/82):
1 Mesolithic flint axehead. See drawing (S1). Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.5.1).
Identified by W. Milligan (NCM) 29 June 1982.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 April 2014.

January 1984. Fieldwalking.
From almost same spot as earlier discovery:
1 Neolithic ?roughout for small pick. Also donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.5.1).
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU) 2 March 1984 and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM) 9 February 1984.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 April 2014.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1982. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint axehead from Bixley. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • PICK (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 2 2014 2:51PM

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