Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6646 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint handaxe |
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Summary
In 1974 subsoiling dragged up a Palaeolithic flint handaxe at this location.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1139 3466 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG13SW |
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| Parish: | PLUMSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1974. Stray Find.
Heath Farm. Dragged up while subsoiling down to a depth of approximately 18" [45cm]:
1 Palaeolithic small ovate flint handaxe. S-twist with cortex remaining on butt. Dark grey flint and thick chalk patina. Tip broken off. See drawing (S1).
Seen at NCM by T. Gregory (NAU) September 1974.
Information from (S2).
This discovery was first reported in (S3). The handaxe is also noted on (S4) and in (S5), (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 June 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
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gregory, T. 1974. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Plumstead. Card. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic. |
| <S3> | Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. p 8. |
| <S4> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Plumstead. |
| <S5> | Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 19. |
| <S6> | Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. CR-2, No.18. |
| <S7> | Website: TERPS online database. Site 22518. |
Related records - none
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