Record Details

NHER Number:13418
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Upper Palaeolithic flint blade

Summary

An Upper Palaeolithic flint blade was found in sandy mud on the margins of the River Yare in 1978.

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Location

Grid Reference:TG 276 081
Map Sheet:TG20NE
Parish:KIRBY BEDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Full description

February 1978. Stray Find.
Found by [1] in sandy mud at low tide, while recovering coin found with metal detector:
1 (?Upper) Palaeolithic iron-stained flint blade. 11.9cm long, 5.9cm wide.
Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 March 2014.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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