NHER 4968 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint find

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Summary

Part of a Neolithic polished axe was found before 1929.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish CRANWICH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Found before 1929. Stone axehead (damaged) examined petrologically (N.6) and found to be fine grained volcanic tuff which may be matched with Borrowdale tuffs but is not the same as Pike of Stickle Group VI.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Identified by (S1) as Group XX.
(S2).
T. Clough (NAU).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Cranwich.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: 1970. [unknown]. Bull. Geol. Survey. Vol 33, p 97.
  • <S2> 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.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Sep 11 2013 1:33PM

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