NHER 10742 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead and other worked flints

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Summary

Neolithic axehead from Aldeby brick pit and other Neolithic worked flint tools possibly from the same site.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish ALDEBY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

From Aldeby brick pit.
Large polished flint axe with white patina, 'chipped on both sides'.
Possible location is old disused pits at 461 933.
E. Rose (NAU) 1 March 1978.

According to F. Healy (NAU), CUMAE registration number also includes ?unfinished laurel leaf, ? barbed and tanged arrowhead, and a fragment of polished axe with squared sides, though only axe mentioned above is marked as from Aldeby brick pit.
F. Healy (NAU).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Aldeby.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • LAUREL LEAF (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

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Record last edited

Sep 5 2013 9:40AM

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