NHER 19655 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flint, Neolithic polished axehead and medieval pottery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
About 1969. Found in ploughsoil by [1]. Close to cut-off channel.
Near flint NHER 4743.
Complete flint ground axe of high quality. Length 17.5 cm. Thin butted with facets along sides. Stained brown, suggesting contact with peat.
See (S1) in file.
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU), 1 November 1983.
Information from S. Ashley (NAU).
J. Wymer (NAU), 1 November 1983.
31 October 1986. Fenland fieldwalking.
Weathered soil, young cereal.
Context 1. MTW BS.
Odd flints and one sherd medieval? pottery.
R. Silvester (NAU), 4 November 1986.
Part of Neolithic scatter of NHER 4743 within this field is now NHER 19655/context 3. See NHER 4743 for details.
E. Rose (NAU), 5 November 1986.
Additional to entry above, 1969.
Flint axe, previously recorded, re-submitted. Additional description and digital photographs added to the file.
E. Darch (HES), 28 September 2010.
The polished flint axe head re-submitted for recording 29 April 2010 has been donated to Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service.
E. Darch (HES), 12 October 2011.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- --- 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> SNF9165 Photograph: CLS 8 to 9. Neolithic polished axehead.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (4)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Apr 27 2021 7:42AM