NHER 7933 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint find (Roydon near Diss, poorly located)

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Summary

A Neolithic chipped black flint axehead was found in 1814.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish ROYDON (NEAR DISS), SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Chipped black flint axe found in Roydon Fen near Diss (Certainly?) in 1814. 15.9cm by 5.7cm (6 1/4 inches by 2 1/4 inches) (Probably the one seen by Greville Chester, (S1), (S2)). NCM, presented by G. Johnson, December 1830. (S3), (S4).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Roydon (Near Diss).
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 08 SE 22.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Chester, G. J.. 1855. A Brief Sketch of the Antiquities of the Valleys of the Waveney and Yare. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol IV pp 310-316. p 311.
  • <S2> Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 277.
  • <S3> Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum. No 51.
  • <S4> Documentary Source: Various. Drawings, engravings and etchings, including numerous portraits, maps, etc, collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk" 1810-1847. Add MS 23024-23052. Vol XX; f. 44 (Add MS 23043).
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Mar 21 2020 11:01PM

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