NHER 3088 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone axe hammer
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Summary
A Neolithic or early Bronze Age perforated stone axe hammer was found on the surface of a ploughed field in 1961.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG02NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FOULSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1961. Stray Find.
Found in ploughed field:
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age perforated stone axe hammer. See drawing (S1).
Petrology (N.49) coarse dolerite or fine gabbro; see (S2).
Information from (S3) and (S4). This discovery was reported in (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 November 2015.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF93867 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1961. Drawing of a Neolithic/Bronze perforated stone axe hammer from Foulsham. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF2471 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.
- <S3> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Foulsham.
- <S4> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 NW 13.
- <S5> SNF87126 Serial: 1961. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1961. No 8. p 3.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- AXE HAMMER (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
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Record last edited
Jun 4 2018 10:29AM