NHER 8262 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic polished axehead fragment (Tunstead, poorly located)

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Summary

It is recorded that a fragment of a Neolithic axehead of coarse black basaltic stone was recovered from the parish of Tunstead.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish TUNSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Cutting end of axe of coarse black basaltic stone pecked surface but edge polished.
Preserved at Paston Grammar School.
Sketch on (S1) from J. E. Sainty.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Tunstead.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Dec 15 2021 10:21AM

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