NHER 20596 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint axe

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Summary

In 1984, a ground Neolithic flint axe was found in a water meadow. It was broken at its cutting end.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG10NW
Civil Parish	BARFORD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	KIMBERLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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July 1984. Stray Find.
Found on water meadows north of river by [1].
Ground Neolithic flint axehead, polished over both surfaces with little trace of original flaking. Broken at cutting end and crudely reflaked to a blunt edge. Patina and thin iron staining suggests damage is of antiquity.
See drawing (S1).
Identified and compiled by J. Wymer (NAU), August 1984.
Details from [2].
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 November 2019.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF100224 Illustration: Wymer, J. 1984. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
<S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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 2019 5:44PM