NHER 21250 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic flint axehead (Dilham, poorly located)

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Summary

In around 1978 a Mesolithic flaked flint axehead was found in a field in Dilham. The exact location was not known.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish DILHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

1978 or before. Stray Find.
Found in a field:
1 Mesolithic flint axehead (S1).
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum by [1] (NWHCM : 1997.79); found by her husband, and originally brought in by [2]. No other details known.
Identified by Dr A. Lawson (NAU). Compiled by E. B. Green (NCM), February 1985.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 2014.

  • <S1> Illustration: Milligan, W. 1996. Sketch of a Mesolithic flaked flint axehead from Dilham. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

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Record last edited

Aug 3 2016 4:33PM

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