NHER 19370 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic and post-medieval finds

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Summary

In 1980 a chipped and polished flint axe was ploughed up; while metal-detecting in 2016 recovered a post-medieval spur fragment.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG12SW
Civil Parish	BOOTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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1980. 200 yards north of Methodist Chapel. Ploughed up.
Chipped and polished flint axe, cutting edge damaged. Details unknown.
Information via Dick Malt, (NCM) via 2 others. To NAU July 1983.
See (S1).
Identified by E. Green (NCM) 3 April 1981.

September-October 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [1].
Post-medieval spur fragment.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF90939 Illustration: Unknown. 1981. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axe.. Card. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (2)

POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SPUR (17th Century - 1640 AD to 1670 AD)

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Booton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Oct 16 2025 1:59PM