NHER 6199 (Find Spot record) - Twenty to thirty Neolithic axeheads

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Summary

Between twenty and thirty Neolithic polished and flaked flint axeheads were found on the parish border which follows a glacial stream bed.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG04SE
Civil Parish	KELLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	SALTHOUSE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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June 1951. Stray Find.
Found 530 yards [484m] south-south-west of Lower Farm:
Neolithic chipped flint axehead.
Seen by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 January 2019.

Pre 1969. Stray Find.
Twenty to thirty flint axes polished and part polished picked up in lower parts of three fields. Parish boundary follows dug glacial stream bed which runs between these fields. Implements picked up by farm workers.
Information from [1], who had examined the material. Compiled by E. B. Green (NCM).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 January 2019.

Pre December 1996. Stray Find.
Found at approximately [2]:
1 Neolithic reflaked polished flint axehead. See drawing (S3).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM) [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 2 January 2019.

Associated Sources (5)

--- 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. TG 04 SE 6.
<S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Salthouse.
<S2> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Kelling (Salthouse).
<S3> SNF99851 Illustration: Robins, P. 1996. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Object Types (3)

FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Feb 23 2021 8:07AM