NHER 6024 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL98NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Full Description
1962. Stray Find. [1].
Found on field.
Polished flint axehead.
See (S1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
This item is in a catalogue of the Reeve Collection at Banham around 1980, but this museum is now dispersed.
E. Rose (NAU), 13 January 1986.
Axe returned to finder.
E. Rose (NAU), 17 January, 1986.
Another 'Neolithic axe' found at East Harling is noted in the museum catalogues found by Mr Reeve himself, and an axe from Great Ellingham found by a Mr Roberts - no reference to these finders in NAU index, and judging by some of the other entries, these finds may not be genuine, so are not given county numbers unless objects are seen.
E. Rose (NAU), 13 January 1986.
For these items now see NHER 22433, 22434, 22435, 22436 and 13817.
E. Rose (NAU), 18 April 1986.
IND04022026AW1 - PAS details awaited. [2].
Expanded to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 5 February 2026.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF92158 Illustration: Rose, E. 1986. Outline sketches of a Neolithic polished flint axehead and a Neolithic flaked flint axehead.
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. harling (East).
- --- 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. TL 98 NE 32.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80108 Illustration: Unknown. 1962. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead.. Paper. 1:1.
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
Feb 5 2026 10:23AM