NHER 9086 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flaked flint axehead

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Summary

In 1823 a Neolithic flaked flint axehead was found. It may have been found in Attleborough, although the exact location and nature of its discovery are uncertain.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

1823. From 'The Battlefield'.
Chipped flint axe.
See (S1) and (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

1982.
This would seem to be a confusion with 'The Battlefield', Great Carbrooke (NHER 8764). There is no record of any field of that name at Attleborough and local people do not know the name.
See NHER 8764 for the number of confused locations in (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 16 February 1982.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Attleborough.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Documentary Source: Various. Additional drawings, engravings, etc. collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk"; 1846-1857. Add MS 23053-23062. Vol I; f.39 (Add MS 23053).
  • <S2> Publication: Rolfe Collection Norfolk Illustrations. No 1057. 2.
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Sep 13 2018 8:43PM

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