NHER 19923 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flaked flint axehead and Neolithic part-polished flint axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
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)
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF78763 Illustration: Wymer, J. J. 1983. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint axehead from Great Melton. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF87159 Article in Serial: 1985. Archaeological Discoveries for 1984. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 30 pp 23-36. p 28.
- <S4> SNF52555 Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jul 6 2016 12:32PM