NHER 6790 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic finds

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Summary

In 1967 a large Neolithic chipped and polished flint axehead was found by change at this location. A Neolithic flint scraper was found in 2023.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG23NE
Civil Parish	SOUTHREPPS, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1967. Stray Find. [1].
Picked up in sugar beet field around 300 yds [274m] north-east of Limekiln Farm:
Neolithic large chipped and polished flint axehead.
Compiled by E. B. Green (NCM). Information from record card (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 April 2025.

January-August 2023. Stray Find. [2].
Neolithic flint scraper.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 7 July 2024 and 26 January 2025.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Southrepps.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Object Types (2)

POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Southrepps (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 23 2025 5:22PM