NHER 9532 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint tools from Bluebell Road Allotments, Earlham

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Summary

In 1953 a Neolithic/Bronze Age flint knife was found on the allotments here. Later, in 1992, the fragment of a Neolithic polished flint axe was also found here.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	EARLHAM, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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Full Description

1953. Allotment block 108.
Plano-convex flint knife.
Held by NCM.
T. Clough.
Information from (S1).

March 1992. Stray Find.
Casual find in allotments:
1 Neolithic polished flint axehead. See drawing (S2).
May come from Newton Flotman (finder gets his manure from there), but note earlier finds from area.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file.
J. A. Davies (NCM) 20 March 1992. Amended by P. Watkins (HES

Associated Sources (5)

--- 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 20 NW 141.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Earlsham.
<S2> SNF93964 Illustration: Robins, P. 1992. Drawing of a fragmentary Neolithic polished flint axehead from Earlham. Paper. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (3)

PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jun 13 2016 2:31PM