NHER 53894 (Find Spot record) - Late Neolithic axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 1993. Stray Find.
Recovered while cutting sugar beet.
1 Late Neolithic slightly asymmetric polished stone axehead. Grey/dark speckled material with some crystalline inclusions and a fine white line running diagonally acrosss both faces. The cutting edge is more finely polished than the main surface, which is weathered. Secker Collection No. 398. Petrology No. N325. See drawing (S1).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file.
E. Whitcombe (NLA), 5 March 2010. Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 25 June 2014.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Aug 5 2014 11:25AM