NHER 22436 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint find
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Summary
A Neolithic polished flint axehead, its blade broken and then rechipped, was found before 1986.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Found before 1986. Stray Find.
1 Neolithic polished flint axe. With suggestions of flat facetted sides, broken in antiquity and rechipped at blade end. Grey flint. 150mm by 60mm. See outline sketch (S1).
Seen E. Rose (NAU), 18 April 1986.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- <S1> SNF92157 Illustration: Rose, E. 1986. Outline sketches of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe, a Neolithic polished flint axehead and ?axehead made on flake and a fragmentary ?Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint dagger/thin axehead. Paper. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Aug 27 2014 12:54PM