NHER 3084 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic polished flint axehead (Wood Norton, poorly located)

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Summary

In April 1951 a polished flint axehead, of greyish white flint, was recovered from the parish of Wood Norton. The exact location and nature of this discovery are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish WOOD NORTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

April 1951. Stray Find.
Found at unknown location in Wood Norton parish:
Neolithic/Early Bronze Age polished flint axe. Greyish white flint, edges squared but sides plumply rounded, well polished.
Donated to King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 2001.471).
Information from (S1) and museum records. See rough sketch on reverse of (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2018.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Wood Norton.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

Jun 4 2018 10:58AM

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