NHER 10096 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic/Neolithic flint axehead and Neolithic flint chisel (or axehead)

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Summary

Between 1954 and 1955 two flint core tools were found at this location. One was a flint axehead of Mesolithic/Neolithic date and the other a Neolithic axehead or unfinished chisel.

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Map sheet	TM29NW
Civil Parish	SAXLINGHAM NETHERGATE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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November 1954. Stray Find.
Prehistoric chipped flint axehead. Information from (S1). See outline sketch (S2). Although this object was originally recorded as Neolithic it has been suggested by E. Rose (NAU) that the quadrilateral section shown in (S2) points to a Mesolithic date.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 January 2014.

1955. Stray Find.
Found around 1000ft (305m) east of Whitefields Grove:
Neolithic chipped flint axehead, or possibly an unfinished chisel. Information from (S1). See drawing (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 January 2014.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 29 NW 22.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF86166 Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 6.
<S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Saxlingham [2].
<S2> SNF90727 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1954. Outline sketch of a Mesolithic/Neolithic flint axehead from Saxlingham Nethergate.. Paper. 1:1.
<S3> SNF90726 Illustration: Howlett, D. R. 1955. Drawing of a Neolithic flint axehead or unfinished chisel from Saxlingham Nethergate.. Card. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (2)

FLAKED AXEHEAD (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
CHISEL (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Saxlingham Nethergate (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 29 2022 9:55AM