Record Details

NHER Number:17709
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:?Palaeolithic flint flake

Summary

A worked flint flake of possible Palaeolithic date was found here in 1981.

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Location

Grid Reference:TG 4774 2139
Map Sheet:TG42SE
Parish:WINTERTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Full description

October 1981. Stray Find.
Found just east of Winterton Holmes (barn):
1 ?Palaeolithic triangular worked flint flake, 7cm by 6.5cm maximum. Yellowish patination on grey flint. Resembles Palaeolithic types.
Identified and compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 28 October 1981. Information from (S1).
Recorded by Wymer on (S2) as a ?Palaeolithic flake with retouch.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2014.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC? to 40001 BC?)

Associated Finds

  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (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. Winterton on Sea.

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