NHER 6801 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axeheads
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG23NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SIDESTRAND, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1975. Stray Find. [1].
Butt end of Neolithic polished flint axe in pale grey, poor quality flint. Butt markedly tapered. See drawing (S1).
Five such axes said to have been found previously in same field.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S2).
This discovery was also noted in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 November 2025.
IND29102025AW2 – PAS details awaited. [2].
Finder's 'Harry's Field'.
Expanded to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 6 November 2025.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80145 Illustration: Clough, T.. 1975. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead.. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF2517 Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 12.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Nov 6 2025 1:19PM