NHER 3746 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead and Saxon pottery

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Summary

A Neolithic polished flint axehead was found in a field east of Youngs Wood. A fragment of Late Saxon pottery may have been found here or at NHER 16121.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF71NW
Civil Parish GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1951. Field east of Youngs Wood.
Late Saxon Thumb decorated pottery.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Note. R. R. Clarke (NCM) marked spot on map at above grid reference but gave grid reference on card as 734 154 and noted 'Site needs marking more accurately'. Did he in fact do so?
E. Rose (NLA).

Spring 1980.
[1] reports no pottery found in this field.
Suggests a mistake for site NHER 16121.
E. Rose (NAU), 12 May 1980.

Pre 1995.
Neolithic polished flint axe.
See description in file and drawing (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 26 May 1999.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Gayton.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 71 NW 7.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Ashley, S. 1995. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 25 2023 7:56AM

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