NHER 24945 (Find Spot record) - Early Neolithic flint tranchet axehead and Late Saxon pottery sherd
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WHINBURGH AND WESTFIELD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
July 1987. Stray Find. [1].
Flint tranchet axe (15.5 cm long) found on arable land. Well flaked with no cortex. Stained brown over white patination. Fresh condition otherwise. This discovery was reported in (S1).
J. Wymer (NAU), 14 November 1988.
Flint axehead found further southeast than previously recorded, at TF9980 1060.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 November 2003.
June 2009
Object resubmitted for further examination. Identified by P. Robins (NCM) as probably an Early Neolithic (rather than Mesolithic) tranchet axe. Photographed. See description in file.
E. Darch, (NLA), 9 June 2009.
January 2010-December 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Late Saxon Thetford Ware pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 21 2020 10:48AM