NHER 12261 (Monument record) - Possible Neolithic axe factory site
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF73NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STANHOE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Spread of large waste flakes restricted in area around 50m across. Surrounding area has produced many large finished and unfinished tools including polished and unpolished axes. Suggested axe factory site. Flint occurs in the underlying chalk strata though these are masked by drift. [2]
Nearest outcrop around 2km northeast.
Tools remain in finders possession, flakes are in NCM. [1]
A. Lawson (NAU), February 1977.
Surface finds 1970s.
3 Neolithic worked flints.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 September 2007.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (7)
- FABRICATOR (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- ROD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 22 2025 10:43AM