NHER 4075 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead

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Summary

A Neolithic polished stone axe was found on Tulip Hills. The exact location and nature of its discovery are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	GREAT DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Before 1842.
Stone axehead found near 'The Tulip Hills'. Old label read 'Found near Tulip Hills, West Lexham' but this hill and surrounding area are in Great Dunham parish. Examined petrologically (N12) and found to be a tuff from Pike of Stickle (Group VI). Geological Survey Enquiry 1505.
See (S1).
(S2) calls 'flint' in error.
Drawing in (S3).
R. R. Clarke (NCM) and T. Clough (NCM).

No tumuli or sherds near here.
Information from [1].
E. Rose (NLA).

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Dunham (Great).
--- 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 81 NE 22.
<S1> SNF2471 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155. p 147.
<S2> SNF1374 Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. No 64.
<S3> SNF8681 Publication: Woodward, S.. Additional Manuscripts.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Object Types (1)

POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Find out more...(1)

Great Dunham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 1 2016 10:21AM