NHER 4601 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead

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Summary

A Neolithic flint or stone axehead was exhibited at the Archaeological Institute in 1847. It was recorded as coming from Necton. The exact location of this discovery is unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish NECTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Celt of chisel form less than 23cm (9 inches) long. Exhibited at Archaeological Institute 1847 by G. Johnson.
See (S1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Probably stone according to (S2).
G. Johnson says he has three stone axes from Necton - with NHER 4602, this makes one not formerly recorded.
E. Rose (NAU).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Necton.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 80 NE 29.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Article in Monograph: 1851. Catalogue of Antiquities. Exhibited in the Museum formed during the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute, held at Norwich, in 1847. Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Norfolk and the City. Archaeological Institute. pp xxiii-lvi. p xxv.
  • <S2> Publication: Woodward. 1829. [unknown]. Vol II. 2. p 21.
  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Sep 5 2018 11:37AM

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