NHER 2732 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead
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Summary
In 1971 a Mesolithic flint tranchet axe was ploughed up at this location.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL89SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WRETHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1971. Stray Find.
Ploughed up (after raspberry crop), near pit:
1 Mesolithic tranchet-type flint axe. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2). Discovery reported in (S3).
Probably the tranchet axehead from Wretham listed in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 April 2013.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF89123 Illustration: Clough, T. 1971. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Wretham. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S3> SNF2449 Serial: 1971. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1971. No 18. p 11.
- <S4> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 215.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
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Record last edited
May 30 2018 10:17AM