NHER 14437 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF72SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITTLE MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1976.
Part polished flint axe found on field surface.
Information from (S1) quoting (S2).
Details from KLM - part-polished, tapered at one end, pale grey flint. 22cm long, 8.3cm maximum width.
Some time before 1985. Same site.
Polished flint axe head; whitish patinated flint all over-polished. Length 15.5cm, width at blade 6cm, at butt 3.5cm. Semi-circular curve to blade.
E.M. James (KLM) 27 July 1985.
Formerly wrongly numbered in duplicate as NHER 14808 because reported by F. Healy (NAU) as in KLM as 'From Massingham Common' and entered in her thesis as Great Massingham.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 72 SE 32.
- <S2> SNF2543 Serial: 1976. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1976. No 23. p 14.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Jun 24 2025 10:04AM