NHER 30812 (Find Spot record) - Late Neolithic axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF82NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EAST RUDHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
August 1994. Fieldwalking.
Flaked axe/adze.
152mm x 54 x 31 of unusually pronounced plano convex section.
Grey to grey/brown flint with small coarse grained inclusions.
Flaked over whole of the curved face, steeply at the lateral edges; the more planor face has shallow invasive flaking with an area of natural cleavage towards one end.
There are signs of useage/wear on the planor face at both ends.
Neolithic, probably Late Neolithic.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), 8 August 1994.
Drawing in file.
B. Cushion (NLA), August 1994.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Feb 14 2022 2:13PM