Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6545 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint handaxe and other prehistoric worked flints |
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Summary
At some time prior to 1975 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found at this spot. It was reported that a Neolithic polished axehead and a number of other worked flints had also been found "in this area".
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0979 3115 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03SE |
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| Parish: | BRISTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pre 1975. Stray Find.
Found on ploughed surface "A few years before 1975":
1 Palaeolithic "lanceolate" flint handaxe. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1975.467). Information from (S1).
Described by Wymer on (S2) and in (S3) as a rolled and stained pointed handaxe with a dendritic patina. Also noted in (S4) and (S5), although no additional information is given.
According to (S1) it was also reported that other flints, including a Neolithic polished axehead had also been found "in this area".
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 June 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Briston. |
| <S3> | Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. pp 19-20. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 49. |
| <S5> | Website: TERPS online database. Site 22531. |
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