NHER 1259 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic polished axehead

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Summary

In 1936 there was a Neolithic polished flint axehead 'from the submarine forest in northwest Norfolk' in the Greenland Fishery Museum. It has been suggested that was found in Hunstanton.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
District WEST NORFOLK
Civil Parish HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

'From the submarine forest in northwest Norfolk'
Large polished flint axe in Greenland Fishery Museum 1936.
(S1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM) for unstated reasons believed this came from Hunstanton.
E. Rose (NAU).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Hunstanton.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 193. [unknown]. 24 March.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 7 2014 5:12PM

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