Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12755 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint handaxe |
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Summary
In 1977 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found in the cliff face at this location.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 119 437 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SW |
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| Parish: | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1977. Stray Find.
Found by [1] in cliff, c. 8-10 feet [2-3m] from ground, in small exposure of shell deposit:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe, good but with tip broken in antiquity. Yellow-green flint.
Seen by E. Rose (NAU), 25 August 1977.
Information from (S1).
This object is also noted on (S2) and in (S3), (S4) and (S5), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Weybourne. |
| <S3> | Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 19. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. CR-2, No.3. |
| <S5> | Website: TERPS online database. Site 22452. |
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