Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9477 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint side scraper |
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Summary
A Palaeolithic flint side scraper was found in a gravel pit at Ketteringham in 1926. Although the site of this pit was not record, it was most likely the large gravel quarry that was open at this location during the 1920s.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 175 031 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10SE |
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| Parish: | KETTERINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1926. Stray Find.
Found in gravel pit by J. E. Sainty:
1 Palaeolithic "Group V" side scraper. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1955.26).
Information from (S1).
According to (S2) this object was a "fine scraper of true early Mousterian type" recovered from a "shallow excavation".
This object is listed in (S3) and described on (S4) and in (S5) as being a rolled and stained side scraper. It is also noted in (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
Unfortunately the exact location of the gravel pit that produced this object was not recorded. The mapped extent of this record reflects the most likely location of this site - a large gravel pit clearly marked on contemporary cartographic sources. A second possible location was previously recorded at TG 172 038 (NHER 9493).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- SIDE SCRAPER (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> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Sainty, J. E. and Boswell, P. G. H. 1927. An Acheulean Palaeolithic Workshop Site at Whitlingham, near Norwich. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol V Pt II (for 1926). p 177. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 235. |
| <S4> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Ketteringham. |
| <S5> | Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 69. |
| <S6> | Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-3, No.8. |
| <S7> | Website: TERPS online database. Site 22613. |
Related records - none
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