NHER 9147 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic polished flint axehead

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Summary

A Neolithic polished flint axehead was found during excavations for the 'Norfolk Railway' in about 1840. The exact location and nature of this discovery are unknown.

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Location

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Civil Parish QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Brown polished flint axe 23cm (9.25in) long found during excavations for 'Norfolk Railway' in about 1840.
Part of the Sir Thomas Beever Collection 1851.
See (S1), (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Quidenham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Publication: Rolfe Collection Norfolk Illustrations. no.1054.
  • <S2> 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 III; p 165 (Add MS 23055).
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Sep 13 2018 8:51PM

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