Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4815 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Unprovenanced Palaeolithic handaxe, Buckingham (?Didlington, poorly located) |
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Summary
The Cambridge University Museum holds a Palaeolithic flint handaxe that is recorded as having been found at "Buckingham, Didlington". It has been suggested that this is a reference to Didlington in Norfolk.
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Location
Full description
Pre 1968. ?Stray Find.
1 Palaeolithic hand-axe marked 'Buckingham' (Didlington), held by the Cambridge University of Archaeology and Anthropology (1924.1021). Listed in (S1). Information from (S2).
Described by Wymer on (S3) and in (S4) as a fragment of an ovate handaxe. Also listed in (S5) and (S6).
The location of this find is uncertain, particularly as Buckingham is not a place or hamlet within Didlington parish. As noted in (S5), it is possible that the name refers to a specific gravel pit. It should however be noted that the museum's records indicate that this was from Buckinghamshire, although this is probably just their interpretation of "Buckingham".
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 April 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: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 230. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic. Didlington. |
| <S3> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Didlington ('Buckingham'). |
| <S4> | Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 51. |
| <S5> | Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. LLO-3, No.25. |
| <S6> | Website: TERPS online database. Site 22838. |
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