NHER 30705 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or Neolithic flint axehead and medieval to post medieval metal finds

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1994 recovered a Neolithic (or possibly Mesolithic) flaked flint axehead, a medieval coin and a post-medieval dagger pommel.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL88NE
Civil Parish CROXTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

May 1994. Metal-detecting.
1 Late Mesolithic/Neolithic flaked flint axehead. Not strictly speaking a tranchet axe; could be Late Mesolithic, but more probably Neolithic. See drawing (S1).
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval dagger pommel (17th century, with off-set flairing guard).
Flint axehead identified by P. Robins (NCM). See list and descriptions in file.
A.Rogerson (NLA) 24 June 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 May 2013.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Robins, P. 1994. Drawing of a Mesolithic/Mesolithic flaked flint axehead from Croxton. Paper. 1:1.
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DAGGER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 27 2014 5:34PM

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