NHER 7476 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG12SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1972. Surface find.
Found on ploughed field at Quebec Farm, 1/4 mile east of Crow Hall:
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead. Donated to Ashmolean Museum (1973.571). See copy of drawing by Ashmolean (S1). Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3).
The axehead is listed in (S4) (which incorrectly lists it as held by the NCM) and is also noted in (S5). See correspondence from Ashmolean and finder's map in file.
A note added to (S6) indicates that the Ashmolean also holds a prehistoric flint flake that was found at the same site.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2014.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 12 SW 21.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80004 Illustration: [Ashmolean Museum staff]. 1972. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Cawston. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S3> SNF2462 Serial: 1972. Council for British Archaeology, Group 7: Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1972. No 19. p 4.
- <S4> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 205.
- <S5> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10320.
- <S6> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
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Record last edited
Jun 6 2016 3:03PM