Record ID: NMS-07ABE7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished flint axehead. Lenticular in section, polished overall but with a few flake scars still visible. Cutting edge curved and sharp, sides tapering towards narrow, straight butt. There is relatively fresh damage in the form of a large natural flake at the cutting edge on one face, and a small flake at the butt end revealing pale yellow-brown flint. The surface of the flint is patinated pale grey with few iron stains. Length 203mm, width 76mm, thickness 55mm. Weight 968g. Similar to NHER 56013 and also PAS (NMS-4C43C4). 3000-2351 BC.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-CD62D4
Object type: PICK
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint pick. Dimensions 416 x 66 x 49mm. Brown staining over dark grey / black flint. Rhombic section with sharp ridge on one face, largely formed by a natural cleavage plane (ancient frost fracture), the other face flaked entirely with a more rounded medial ridge. The dark brown patination suggests a probable peaty deposition, there is a trace of concretion on one face, most likely an accumulation of iron oxides and grit. All flake scars appear to be fairly hard hammer struck with some removals exhibiting a deep negative bulbs of percussion. At one end an impact ha…
Created on: Friday 11th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5C2B71
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic flint axe head with a rounded butt, expanding slightly to an ancient break. The cutting edge is completely missing. Almost lozengiform in section. Patinated white on one face and white and dark brown on the other. Polished over all. There has been an unsuccesful attempt to re-sahape the cutting edge after breakage. The flint is poor quality with multiple flaws. Surviving length 160mm. Maximum surviving width 79mm. Maximum thickness 54mm.
Created on: Friday 30th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DA3315
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Leaf Arrowhead (incomplete) Dimensions 36 x 25 x 4.6mm. A broad based, thin leaf arrowhead, recently snapped transversely with loss of the point. Finished overall on both faces by peripheral shallow pressure flaking, with complete removal of the surface of the blank. Both faces show signs of incipient patination, which has not affected the break surface. Leaf Arrowheads are a defining artefact of the Neolithic (especially the Early Neolithic Period, 4000-3000BC).
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A3D843
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lower Palaeolithic flint hand axe in mottled brown flint. Plano-convex, heavy butted, pointed tip missing, the break patinated light brown. Fresh, unrolled condition with only slight damage to edges. Surviving length 152mm. Maximum width 90mm. Maximum thickness 38mm.
Created on: Monday 21st November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F6F473
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Polished Axe, dimensions: 169 x 61 x 34mm. Highly ground and polished all over, with only a few faint flake scars visible at the lateral edges and rounded butt: the sides are ground round rather than flat. The curved cutting edge is sharp with only one ancient chip, while a recent small chip reveals pale grey flint. The axe is patinated light brown with some buff areas. Found in the 1960's and subsequently used as a paperweight. Neolithic (4,000 to 2,350BC)
Created on: Friday 11th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wretton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-27F534
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Barbed and tanged arrowhead. Sutton type, with pointed barbs and rounded tang, the point is intact. Large area on each face of original flake from which it was formed, both lateral edges flaked bifacially. Thickness 4mm. Probably a hunting loss as this is an arrowhead intended for use. Early Bronze Age.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-834325
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late palaeolithic double-ended scraper. Segment of a large blade with a single crest in a chocolate brown stained flint. Both ends appear to have been steeply retouched to give a double ended scraper but both have suffered ancient damage. The distal edge has small neat retouch scars at both ends but the central part of the edge has two larger scars with evidence of crushing on the ventral side. The proximal end appears to have been damaged by the loss of a large chip and shows slight evidence of crushing on the ventral edge. The find spot is near one of the head ways of the River Wens…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0BD856
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One flint blade, snapped at distal end.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2004
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Livermere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0BBBD7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint axe blade in mint condition. Slightly rounded blade, tapering sides, rounded butt, 157 x 79 x 24. This blade was probably intended for subsequent polishing. Probably Late Neolithic.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2004
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Livermere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0B5BA7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint axe blade in mint condition. Parallel sided, symetrical, 138 x 71 x 42mm. This blade was probably intended for subsequent polishing. Probably Late Neolithic.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2004
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Livermere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-965231
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small late prehistoric blade in dark brown flint, unpatinated, with extensive random edge damage (probably accidental).
Created on: Friday 11th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-488881
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late prehistoric notched flake. Small secondary flake from pebble of blackish flint with a shallow notch on the left edge formed by ventral retouch wear at distal edge. Unpatinated.
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-92F628
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Polished axe in dark grey mottled glossy flint with negligible patination. Polished extensively on one face from the broad blade up the central area to the square butt and with one lateral edge rounded slightly along its whole length, the other only toward the butt. The opposed face is only polished at the extreme edge of the cutting edge and is otherwise neatly finished by shallow re-touch flaking. The elegant shape suggests that this is a flint copy of an Early Bronze Age flat axe, and the shallow invasive flaking is also typical of this transitional period. Almost certainly Late Ne…
Created on: Thursday 29th January 2004
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Briston', grid reference and parish protected.