NHER 7392 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG12NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1960. Stray Find.
Found while ploughing at Woodgate Farm, on south side of road:
Neolithic polished flint axehead.
This find was reported in local press articles (S1) and (S2), being pictured in the latter along with a Neolithic part-polished axehead that had been found nearby the previous year (recorded as NHER 7391). The discovery is also noted in (S3) and amongst those listed in (S4).
The axehead itself was donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1960.151).
Information from record card (S5).
See also photograph (S6) - a copy of which was originally reproduced in (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 January 2024.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF3553 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1960. His Second Find. 26 May.
- <S2> SNF102527 Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1960. His Second Find. 26 May.
- <S3> SNF87125 Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 2.
- <S4> SNF59203 Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk. p 224.
- <S5> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Aylsham.
- <S6> SNF102528 Photograph: [unknown]. 1960. Photograph of Richard Dennis with the Neolithic axeheads he found at Woodgate Farm in 1959 and 1960.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Jan 16 2024 10:07AM