Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7537 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic retouched flint flake, Whitwell Hall |
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Summary
At an unknown date a Palaeolithic retouched flint flake was recovered from somewhere near Whitwell Hall. This was possible found in a pit that was open to the east of the hall during the mid 20th century. Another possible source of this object is a brickworks that lay to the north-east of the hall (NHER 19344).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 243 255 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22NW |
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| Parish: | SKEYTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pre 1968. Stray Find.
Found at Whitwell Hall:
1 Palaeolithic retouched flint flake. Donated to Scunthorpe Museum. This object is listed as a retouched flake/flake implement in (S1).
Information from (S2).
This find is also noted on (S3) and in (S4).
The grid reference listed in (S1) is a general location, simply indicating the position of Whitwell Hall. As noted by (S2) the mapped extent of this record is the site of a pit that was open during the mid 20th century and therefore a possible source of this find. It should however be noted that Whitwell Hall lies close to the site of a post-medieval brickworks (NHER 19344; TG 2462 2578) and it is perhaps equally likely that this flake was recovered at this site.
It was previously noted that a "poor copy of [a] picture" of this object was held by HES - this could not be located.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 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
| --- | 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 238. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic. |
| <S3> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Skeyton (Whitwell Hall). |
| <S4> | Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. |
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