NHER 32126 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead and medieval to post-medieval metal objects

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1996 recovered a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead, a medieval harness pendant and a medieval/post-medieval buckle.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG32NW
Civil Parish DILHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

October 1996. Metal-detecting.
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet axe. See drawing (S1).
1 medieval harness pendant.
1 medieval/post medieval buckle.
Flint axehead identified by P. Robins (NCM) and other objects by H. Geake (NLA) and A. Rogerson (NLA). See list and descriptions in file. These discoveries were reported in (S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 15 November 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 2014.

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  • <S1> Illustration: Robins, P. 1996. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Dilham. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1997. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1996. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt IV pp 539-546. p 539.
  • TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 22 2019 8:41AM

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