Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3026 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint handaxe |
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Summary
In 1958 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was recovered from a gravel quarry at this location.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0954 1785 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01NE |
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| Parish: | GREAT WITCHINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1958. Stray Find.
Found in hopper at gravel pit:
1 Palaeolithic "Acheulian" flint handaxe. Information from (S1).
This discovery was reported in (S2) and is also listed in (S3). Although this object remains in private hands, it is described on (S4) and (S5), suggesting that it had been seen by Wymer. It is also noted in (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 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
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 NE 21. |
| --- | 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> | Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 5. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 232. |
| <S4> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Great Witchingham (Lenwade). |
| <S5> | Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 55. |
| <S6> | Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-2, No.5. |
| <S7> | Website: TERPS online database. Site 22577. |
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