NHER 17740 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint hammerstone

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Summary

A flint hammerstone was found in Bircham at sometime during or before 1981. It was felt to be Neolithic or Bronze Age in date. The exact location and nature of its discovery are uncertain.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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Civil Parish BIRCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

1981 or before. Surface find? Found in Bircham area on a neighbouring farm to Moor Farm. Exact location not recorded. Moor Farm house at 7690 3290.
Waisted hammer of grey flint. An ovoid pebble 7cm long encircled by a central groove. Working by flaking and subsequent polishing. Function uncertain. One end battered but may be due to a fossil intrusion.
Possibly later Neolithic or early Bronze Age.
Possible parallel in (S1).
Identified by F. Healy (NAU) 15 October 1981.
R. Trett (KLM) November 1981.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition.
  • HAMMERSTONE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 12 2013 10:59AM

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