NHER 6590 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic polished stone axehead

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Summary

In 1913 a Neolithic ground stone axehead was recovered from an unknown location within Sustead.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

No mapped location recorded.

1913.
Ground stone axehead.
Examined petrologically (N2) and shown to be a fine grained tuff from Pike of Stickle, Great Langdale (Group VI). Geological Survey Enquiry 1213.
See (S1) (exhibited to the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia on 23 March 1914) and (S2).
Held by NCM, formerly part of the F. Barclay Collection, and before that the J. Cox Collection.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Sustead.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: 1914. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt IV (for 1913-14) pp 485-491. p 490.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Sep 24 2013 3:23PM

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