NHER 2797 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead from Bittering Street

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Summary

A Neolithic polished flint axehead found in 1955 in Bittering Street.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF91NE
Civil Parish GRESSENHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1955. Stray Find.
Found at Bittering Street:
Neolithic part-polished flint axehead. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2), which initially incorrectly recorded this find as being from Beeston with Bittering parish. It is also listed in (S3) as being from Beeston with Bittering [1].

The object was presented to the NCM by [2] in 1981 as part of the Puddy collection (NWHCM : 1984.9.1)
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU) 7 December 1981. Information from (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2018.

  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 91 NE 4.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Howlett, D. R. 1955. Drawing of a Neolithic part-polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Gressenhall.
  • <S3> Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 4.
  • <S4> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

May 30 2018 11:57AM

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