NHER 3145 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic/Neolithic flint axehead, Bronze Age gouge and medieval coin
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG02SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SALLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1940. Stray Find.
Found in field next to 'Clarke's eight acres':
1 prehistoric chipped flint axe.
Subsequently donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1962.13).
Although originally recorded as Neolithic this object was later reidentified by R. Jacobi as potentially Mesolithic.
Information from (S1) and museum records.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 October 2014.
January-February 2010. Metal-detecting. Area extended.
1 Late bronze Age copper alloy gouge. See drawing (S2).
1 medieval coin.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 March 2010.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 SE 14.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Sall.
- <S2> SNF81119 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2010. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy gouge. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (3)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- GOUGE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Sep 12 2025 10:22AM