Record Details
| NHER Number: | 472 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint handaxe, Earlham Road |
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Summary
In 1967 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was recovered on the surface "in a garden" on Earlham Road. This is recorded as having been found in the vicinity of 57 or 58 Earlham Road, although there appears to have been some confusion regarding the provenance of this object. It was initially described as having been found at 4 Earlham Road, which is adjacent to the Plantation Garden (NHER 26396): a former chalk quarry and therefore potentially a more likely provenance.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 219 086 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1967. Stray Find.
Found lying on surface "in garden" on Earlham Road:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2).
This discovery was first reported in (S3). The handaxe is also noted on (S4) and in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
There appears to have been some confusion regarding the provenance of this object. It was originally recorded as being from 4 Earlham Road, this being subsequently changed to "57 or 58" - which is the provenance given by (S2). The reason for this is unclear, particularly as 57 and 58 are on opposite sides of the road and the former has no garden. It should also be noted that 4 Earlham Road lies adjacent to the Plantation Garden (NHER 26396), a former chalk quarry that was transformed into a garden during the 19th century.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 July 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
| --- | Serial: 1967. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1967. No 14. p 7. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 184. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Milligan, W. 1967. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Earlham Road, Norwich. Card. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Palaeolithic. |
| <S3> | Serial: 1967. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1967. No 14. p 7. |
| <S4> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Norwich (Earlham). |
| <S5> | Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-4, No.5. |
| <S6> | Website: TERPS online database. Site 22622. |
Related records
| Site 1157 | Parent of: 58 Earlham Road (Monument) |
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