NHER 20243 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead

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Summary

A Neolithic chipped and polished flint axehead was found at this spot.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF60SW
Civil Parish	DOWNHAM MARKET, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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March 1984. Stray Find.
'Surface find in field'. Finder gave location as [1], but this location is in centre of Cut Off Channel! Did he mean east berm of channel, or the other side of the railway?
Neolithic flint axe, ginger brown flint; chipped and polished and working end. Length 17cm; width 5cm at blade, narrowing to point of 1cm at butt. Top face more rounded than lower. See drawing (S1).
Identified by E. M. James (KLM).
Compiled by E. M. James (KLM) and E. Rose 20 March 1984.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 November 2019.

April 1984.
Corrected grid reference indicated by finder as above.
E. Rose (NAU), 11 April 1984.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF100227 Illustration: James, E. 1984. Drawing of a Neolithic partly-polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
<S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Object Types (2)

FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Downham Market (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Nov 11 2019 6:09PM