Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31389 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint handaxe, Sweet Briar Road |
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Summary
A Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found here during construction work in 1980.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2058 1031 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SW |
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| Parish: | HELLESDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
About 1980. Stray Find.
Found during construction work (hand digging) on the former May and Bakers site:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. See drawing (S1). Subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1996.15). This discovery was reported in (S2) and is briefly described on (S3).
See finder's map in file.
W. Milligan (NCM) 3 January 1995. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 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
| --- | Map: Finder's Map.. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Robins, P. 1995. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Hellesdon. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 387-396. p 387. |
| <S3> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Hellesdon; Norwich. |
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