Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25686 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint handaxe, No 14 London Street |
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Summary
In 1989 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was recovered from this area. This object may have arrived at the site with material that had been brought in from Southacre.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8195 0877 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF80NW |
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| Parish: | SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1989. Stray Find.
Found in garden, possibly in material brought in from Southacre:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. Cordate, with patches of cortex surving and some recent damage. See drawing by finder (S1).
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 5 February 1990.
This handaxe is also noted on (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 June 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
| <S1> | Illustration: [Unknown]. 1989. Drawing of a Palaeolithic handaxe from London Street, Swaffham. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. ?South Acre. |
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