NHER 4342 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF60NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1953. Stray Find.
From side of dyke on Bulls Lane.
Neolithic polished flint axehead, ochreous flint. See outline sketch (S1).
This discovered was noted in local press article (S2) and the axehead itself was subsequently donated to the King's Lynn Museum (not immediately identifiable in the museum's records but probably KILLM : 1992.594 - an untraced object of similar dimensions labelled as having been found at Fincham in 1953).
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 August 2018.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- 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. TF 60 NE 8.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80913 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1953. Outline sketch of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF3217 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1953. Girl finds an ancient axe-head - gives it to museum. 21 April.
- <S3> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Fincham.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Aug 9 2018 12:50PM