NHER 2349 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint tranchet adze
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Summary
In 1957 a Mesolithic flint tranchet adze was found at this location.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF82NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DUNTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1957. Stray Find.
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet axe. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1957.222).
Information from (S1). This discovery was first reported in (S2). The axe is listed in (S3) and described by R. Jacobi (S4) as the patinated end of a burnt core adze with a tranchet blow on one side.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 July 2014.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 82 NE 18.
- <S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S2> SNF2273 Serial: 1957. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 4. p 2.
- <S3> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 205.
- <S4> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10216.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 5 2016 12:19PM