NHER 65333 (Find Spot record) - Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint axehead (Caister on Sea, poorly located)

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Summary

At some time prior to 1992 a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint axehead was found somewhere in the vicinity of the 'Roman settlement' at Caistor on Sea (i.e. somewhere in the area of NHER 8675).

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	CAISTER ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

See [1].

Before 1992. Stray find. [2].
Found "500 yards [450m] from sea (Roman settlement)" [3]:
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age part-polished flint axehead. The sub-trapezoidal form and thin, lenticular cross section of this implement suggests it is likely to represent a flint copy of one of the early copper/copper alloy flat axes. It probably had a ceremonial rather than practical function.
A. Beckham (HES), 9 February 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 14 October 2023.

Associated Sources (0)

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)

Object Types (1)

POLISHED AXEHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Nov 23 2023 6:46AM