NHER 8145 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead
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Summary
In 1972 a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead was found in a hedge bank when houses were being demolished at this site.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RACKHEATH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
October 1972. Stray Find.
Found in hedge bank while houses being demolished:
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet axe. See sketch (S1). Information from (S2). This discovery was first reported in (S3) and is also listed in (S4). According to (S4) it was donated to the Norwich Castle museum, although this would appear to be an error, as there is no record of this.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 May 2014.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 21 SE 5.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF91114 Illustration: Clough, T. 1972. Sketch of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Rackheath. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S3> SNF2462 Serial: 1972. Council for British Archaeology, Group 7: Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1972. No 19. p 9.
- <S4> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 211.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
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Record last edited
Jun 16 2016 11:34AM