NHER 9548 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic polished flint axe

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Summary

A Neolithic polished flint axe, with evidence of rechipping, was recovered from somewhere in Eaton. The exact date, nature and circumstances of this discovery remain unknown.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Polished axe, broken and rechipped, see (S1).
Photocopy (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NAU/NLA).

P. Robins (NCM) states that this is the miniature axe published in (S3).
E. Rose (NLA) 12 May 1997.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Easton.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: 1912. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt II (for 1910-11 and 1911-12) pp 233-241. p 241; Pl LVIII.
  • <S2> Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Robins, P. 1996. Miniature Axes in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 374-376.
  • MINIATURE OBJECT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Sep 11 2013 4:19PM

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