Record Details
| NHER Number: | 14429 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint handaxe, 49 Baldock Drive (possibly originally from North Wootton) |
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Summary
A Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found in the grounds of this property in 1968. It had probably come in with gravel brought from North Wootton.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6368 2183 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62SW |
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| Parish: | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1968. Stray Find.
Found at 49 Baldock Drive, Gaywood by [1]:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. This had probably been brought in with gravel that had come from North Wootton. This discovery was reported in (S1). Information from (S2). Subsequently donated to the King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1968.46).
This object was examined by J. J. Wymer and is described on (S3) and in (S4) as a very rolled pointed handaxe. It is also noted in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
E. Rose (NAU), 1979. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 November 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SW 24. |
| <S1> | Serial: 1968. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1968. No 15. p 6. |
| <S2> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S3> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Wootton; South Wootton (G). |
| <S4> | Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 14. |
| <S5> | Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. N&W-2, No. 19. |
| <S6> | Website: TERPS online database. Site 23077. |
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