NHER 3121 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric burnt mound, Neolithic polished flint axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG02NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THURNING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1973. Stray Find.
Found on surface of field of stubble:
Neolithic polished flint axehead. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2018.
Two areas of pot boilers found on field surface near find spot of polished flint axe. Areas about size of archaeology office.
Samples given to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1974.455).
Information from NCM card - see (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2018.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Thurning.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 NE 8.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81118 Illustration: Clough, T. 1973. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Thurning.
- <S3> SNF2476 Serial: 1973. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1973. No 20. p 14.
- <S4> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Oct 7 2025 3:20PM