NHER 8415 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic to Bronze Age axe hammer
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Summary
A Neolithic to Bronze Age stone axe hammer was found in 1868. The stone may have been imported from Scandinavia. The exact location of this discovery is unclear.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORNING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
1868?
Stone axe hammer of dolerite. ?Import from Scandinavia. Petrology: N.59, olivine dolerite.
See (S1), (S2) and (S3)
R.R. Clarke (NCM) and T. Clough (NCM).
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Horning.
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Horning.
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Horning.
- --- 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 31 NE 8.
- <S1> SNF2471 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.
- <S2> 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.
- <S3> SNF1671 Article in Serial: 1923. III [unknown]. Antiquaries Journal. Vol III, p 369. p 369.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- AXE HAMMER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 12 2018 10:34PM