NHER 8353 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint tranchet-type axe/adze
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Summary
In 1972 a broken Mesolithic tranchet-type flint axe/adze was found at this location.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HICKLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1972. Stray Find.
Surface find by [1]:
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet type axe/adze fragment. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2). Discovery reported in (S3) and also noted in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2014.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF79897 Illustration: 1972. Drawing of a fragmentary Mesolithic flaked flint tranchet axe/adze. 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 5.
- <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 207.
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 4 2014 7:39PM