NHER 21823 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age stone adze and flint knife
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF63SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SNETTISHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Found 1981 by ploughman, when ploughing field near Lodge Hill Farm.
Shaft-hole adze of Dolerite, 17cm long, 9.2cm wide and 3.5cm thick. Taken by finder to Geological Museum, London, where stone was identified as 'dolerite with pyroxeline sparkles and quartz inclusions'. Transparency in file.
J. J. Wymer (NAU), 18 October 1985.
Also close by, elegant flint 'slug knife', 'later'.
Finds together may indicate a ploughed out burial.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- ADZE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- KNIFE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- PERFORATED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 17 2023 3:51PM