Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17946 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | ?Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blade |
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Summary
In 1981 a large flint blade of possible Late Upper Palaeolithic date was dug up on land to the rear of 81 Spixworth Road.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2327 1186 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SW |
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| Parish: | OLD CATTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1981. Stray Find.
Found dug up in field at back of 81 Spixworth Road:
1 Late Upper Palaeolithic (or perhaps later) large flint blade with unifacial working and lateral retouch.
See drawing (S1). This discovery was reported in (S2).
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU), December 1981. Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 22 December 1981.
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC?)
Associated Finds
- RETOUCHED BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC?)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1981. Drawing of a Late Upper Palaeolithic (or later) retouched flint blade from Old Catton. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Edwards, D. (NAU). 1983. Archaeological Discoveries for 1981 and 1982. CBA Group VI Bulletin. Series 2 No 28 pp 31-53. p 33. |
| <S3> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records - none
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