NHER 24402 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic/Neolithic flint axehead

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Summary

At sometime prior to 1988 a Mesolithic or Neolithic chipped flint axehead was recovered from the ground surface here.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG32NE
Civil Parish	STALHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Pre 1988. Fieldwalking.
Surface find by [1] in field centred at TG 3535 2530:
1 Mesolithic/Neolithic type chipped flint axehead of roughly triangular section. See sketch (S1).
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU) and compiled by A. Gregory (NAU) 4 February 1987.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 June 2014.

Note correction: formerly entered as from site 24403.
D. Gurney (NUA) 7 September 1988.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF78248 Illustration: Wymer, J. J. 1989. Sketch of a Mesolithic/Neolithic type chipped flint axehead from Stalham. Paper. 1:1.
<S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

Object Types (1)

FLAKED AXEHEAD (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Stalham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jun 2 2025 11:10AM