NHER 1566 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead, King's Avenue (Anmer, poorly located; Dersingham, poorly located; Sandringham, poorly located)

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Summary

A Neolithic polished stone axehead was found, but the findspot is uncertain.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	ANMER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	DERSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	SANDRINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

'From Coronation Avenue, Dersingham'.
Polished stone axe. See (S1).
Petrology N61, Greywacke (S2).
Established that there is no road in Dersingham by this name.
E. Rose (NAU) 26 February 1976.

26 May 1977.
Implement seen in Sandringham Estate Museum. Bears label saying 'Coronation Avenue, now King's Avenue, Dersingham'. However the Dersingham postmaster is adamant that there is no King's Avenue in his area either. Could this perhaps be the official name for the road running north from the Norwich Gates, marked by Ordnance Survey as 'The Avenue'?
E. Rose (NAU)

Kings Avenue is the road running from Sandringham to Anmer Hall.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 May 1977.

Probably same as: 'A polished axe of dark grey feltstone was found by Dr.Manby on the King's estate on the 'Ailesway' near Dersingham. The 'Ailesway' runs parallel with 'Peddar's Way' and joins it above Westacre' (S3) and (S4).
R. J. Rickett (NAU), 1 March 1990

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Dersingham.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF1308 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1907. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt III (for 1906-1907) pp 393-409. p 403.
<S2> SNF2471 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.
<S3> SNF1272 Article in Serial: [unknown]. 1903. [unknown]. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. Second Series Vol IX, p.137. p 137.
<S4> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 63 SE 49.

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)

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Record last edited

Nov 11 2025 11:02AM