NHER 19923 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flaked flint axehead and Neolithic part-polished flint axehead

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1983 recovered a Mesolithic flaked flint axehead. It appears that a Neolithic part-polished flint axehead was found at the same location the following year.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10NW
Civil Parish GREAT MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

November 1983. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] (finder's Site No. 238c):
1 Mesolithic grey flint axehead. See drawing (S1).
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU), December 1983. Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), December 1983.
Information from (S2).
This discovery was reported in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2014.

1984. Stray Find.
A note on an NCM map sheet (S4) suggests that a part-polished flint axehead was found here by [1] in 1984. No card found.
E. Rose (NAU), 31 July 1987.
Information from (S2)

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Wymer, J. J. 1983. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint axehead from Great Melton. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: 1985. Archaeological Discoveries for 1984. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 30 pp 23-36. p 28.
  • <S4> Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 6 2016 12:32PM

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