NHER 14723 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead

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Summary

A Neolithic flint polished axehead found in 1883.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Found 1883.
Part polished axe with white patina, 16cm by 8.8cm (6 1/2" x 3 1/2").
Exhibited by Colonel B.C.P. Hamilton of Brandon at PPS in 1919.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 9 April 1979.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF1610 Article in Serial: 1919. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt I (for 1918-19) pp 162-164. p 162.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Object Types (1)

POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Find out more...(1)

Hockwold cum Wilton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Dec 20 2012 3:32PM