NHER 7391 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead

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Summary

A Neolithic part-polished axehead was found here during ploughing in 1959.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG12NE
Civil Parish AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1959. Stray Find.
Found in ploughing:
Neolithic chipped, partly polished flint axehead.
This find is noted in local press articles (S1) and (S2), being pictured in the latter along with a Neolithic polished axehead that was found nearby the following year (recorded as NHER 7392). This object is amongst those listed in (S3).
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1960.150).
Information from record card (S4).
See also photograph (S5) - a copy of which was originally reproduced in (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 January 2024.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1960. His Second Find. 26 May.
  • <S2> Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1960. His Second Find. 26 May.
  • <S3> Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk.
  • <S4> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Aylsham.
  • <S5> Photograph: [unknown]. 1960. Photograph of Richard Dennis with the Neolithic axeheads he found at Woodgate Farm in 1959 and 1960.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Jan 16 2024 10:06AM

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