NHER 6781 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic leaf arrowhead from above Playford Hills

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Summary

A Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrowhead was found in 1904.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

No mapped location recorded.

October 22 1904.
Copper Age!! leaf arrowhead.
F. Barclay Collection.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Probably same as chipped translucent leaf-shaped spearhead 5.5cm (2 2/5 inches) long, 2cm (5/6 inches) wide, found in a field above Playfords Hills, Sidestrand, 1904. This was practically without patina.
Information from (S1).
R.J. Rickett (NAU), 21 May 1990.

  • --- Article in Serial: 1913. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt III (for 1912-13) pp 378-382. p 381.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Sidestrand.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape.
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 21 2016 4:53PM

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