NHER 6589 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic stone axeheads

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Summary

In around 1917 two Neolithic flint axeheads were recovered from the garden of a property in Sustead.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	SUSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

7 March 1917. Found on surface in garden.
Polished axe 12.7 x 5.7cm (5in x 2.25in) long made from flint with brown patina.
Chipped axe of flinty material 8.9 x 4.4cm (3.5in x 1.75in) long.
Held by F. H. Barclay Collection, possibly now in possession of NCM.
See (S1) and (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

See (S3). Part-polished axe found pre 1914 - the same as above?
E. Rose (NAU).

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Sustead.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF5254 Publication: Clarke, W.G.. MSS 126.
<S2> SNF1308 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1907. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt III (for 1906-1907) pp 393-409. p 403.
<S3> SNF1456 Article in Serial: 1911. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt I (for 1909-1910) pp 109-121. p 118.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Object Types (2)

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

Related NHER Records (0)

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Sustead (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Sep 24 2013 3:23PM