NHER 5606 (Find Spot record) - Late Prehistoric cores, hammerstones, axeheads, antler picks etc

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Summary

It is recorded that a core, scraper, spearhead, axeheads and antler picks were recovered from the parish of Weeting with Broomhill, and are now thought to be in Birmingham Museum. Large flakes and hammerstones were also noted. The exact date and location of these discoveries are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Birmingham Museum has core, scraper, 'spearhead', chipped axes, antler picks (Note by R. R. Clarke (NCM)).
However information from Birmingham Museum, shows that many of these are from Grimes Graves.

The 'Weeting unlocated' objects are:
Large flakes, core/hammerstone, and hammerstone. [1].
E. Rose (NAU), 20 June 1983.

  • --- Article in Serial: Watson, P. J. et al. 1999. Antiquities from Norfolk in West Midlands Museums. Norfolk Archaeology. vol XLIII Pt II pp 332-338.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Weeting.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • CORE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 25 2013 10:58AM

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