Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17849 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint handaxe |
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Summary
Palaeolithic flat-butted cordate flint handaxe in sharp condition, found during gardening in 1981.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9948 2026 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF92SE |
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| Parish: | NORTH ELMHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1981? Stray Find.
Found while gardening in garden of Greenjackets, Station Road:
1 Palaeolithic flint ovate handaxe. See drawing (S1).
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU) as "probably dating from Hoxnian intergacial c. 300,000 BC".
Originally compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 4 December 1981. Information from (S2).
Described by Wymer on (S3) and in (S4) as a flat-butted cordate handaxe in sharp condition. This object is also listed in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 August 2014.
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
| <S1> | Illustration: Johnson, S. 1981. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from North Elmham. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S3> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. North Elmham. |
| <S4> | Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 22. |
| <S5> | Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-2, No.1. |
| <S6> | Website: TERPS online database. Site 22573. |
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