NHER 36610 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic (or Mesolithic) flaked axehead/adze
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
May 2001. Stray Find:
Found by [1] whilst walking:
1 Mesolithic/Neolithic incomplete flaked flint axe.
Butt end and main part of body of a long, narrow, prallel sided axe (or adze), snapped transveresely with hinged fracture. Lenticular section but with a pronounced crest in parts on the more convex face. Patinated a greyish white, with some buff staining on the less convex face. Neatly flaked with slightly undulating edges. Dimension: >115 x 46 x 19mm. Probably Neolithic, but might be Mesolithic.
Identified by P. A. Robins (NCM).
K. Hinds (NLA), 7 september 2001.
Associated Sources (0)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (1)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Feb 24 2025 5:22PM