NHER 66593 (Monument record) - Neolithic polished flint axeheads, Bawsey/Middleton area (Bawsey, poorly located; Middleton, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BAWSEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
In 2023 two Neolithic polished flint axeheads were offered to the King's Lynn Museum by [1]. These were discovered during a house clearance and had originally been found by [2]. They are believed to have come from the Bawsey/Middleton area, although the only other information available is that they were "…found when there was a lot of extraction going on for the construction of the London overspill estates like Fairstead". This is at least consistent with the suggested provenance as there are many former extraction pits in the Middleton/Leziate area, which is not far to the east of the Fairstead estate on the outskirts of King's Lynn. There is no evidence that these objects had been previously reported/recorded.
Information form King's Lynn Museum [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 1 April 2023.
Associated Sources (0)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 2 2023 12:25AM