NHER 31257 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic polished stone axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF92SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORNINGTOFT, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | COLKIRK, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1994. Stray Find.
Found on ploughed field at [1]:
Neolithic polished stone axehead. See drawing (S1).
See description in file. Petrology No. N331.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM) [2].
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 12 December 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 August 2023.
July 2013-April 2014. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Survey of proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Field 196).
No finds of archaeological interest were recovered at this location.
See report (S2) for further details.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 16 August 2023.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF76925 Illustration: Robins, P.. 1994. Drawing of a Neolithic polished stone axehead.. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF102393 Unpublished Contractor Report: Evershed, R. and Pringle, I. 2015. Archaeological Non-intrusive Survey Report: Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry, Fieldwalking and Metal Detecting for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Electrical Connection, Norfolk. Allen Archaeology Ltd. AAL 2014060.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Aug 16 2023 1:43PM