NHER 9113 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint adze/axe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM09NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MORLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1963. Stray Find.
Mesolithic flaked flint adze/axe found during building work. Described by (S1) as having a tranchet edge and similar to a "Thames Pick". Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1964.50). This discovery was reported in (S2) and it is listed as a tranchet axehead in (S3). This object is also listed in R. Jacobi's records (S4), although here it is described as a Norfolk type axe with no tranchet blow.
Given that this object was reportedly found during building work it seems likely that the recorded grid reference is inaccurate. It was most likely found during the construction of the dwellings to the north.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 February 2014.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- 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. TM 09 NE 13.
- <S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
- <S2> SNF2352 Serial: 1963. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1963. No 10. p 4.
- <S3> 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 210.
- <S4> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10302.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
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Record last edited
Dec 13 2019 9:44AM