Element record L2025 - Polished flint axehead, Burton Joyce

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FINDSPOT (Neolithic)

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Grid reference SK 65290 44350 (point)
Map sheet SK64SE
District Gedling
Civil Parish Burton Joyce, Gedling

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A polished flint axehead, 105mm long, 24mm maximum thickness and 42mm maximum width at the edge, was found in the back garden of 5, Shaftesbury Avenue, Burton Joyce, in June, 1970. It is of mottled grey-brown flint with a thin butt with narrow facets on the sides. In NCM. (1)


<1> EMAB eds, 1977, East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, p 53 (Published document). SNT162.

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  • <1> Published document: EMAB eds. 1977. East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin. 11. p 53.

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Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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