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| NHER Number: | 552 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flaked axehead, The Close |
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Summary
In 1844 a Neolithic flaked axehead was recovered from the Dean's Meadows in The Close. The exact nature and identity of this discovery is unclear.
Monument Type(s)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Full description
5 July 1844. Found in the Dean's Meadows among soil thrown from the river bed.
Ochreous chipped flint celt, 7 3/4 inches long (30cm).
'More square and flatter'.
In the Bayfields Collection 1844. [1]
BM Add.Mss. 23.038 pl.135 illustration.
CANCM No.91.pg 9.
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Neolithic. |
| <S2> | Documentary Source: British Museum Add. Manuscripts. 23,038, p.135. 23, 038, p 135. |
Related records
| Site 1232 | Parent of: The Close (Monument) |
| 377 | Part of: Cathedral Close (cathedral precinct) (Monument) |