Record Details
NHER Number: | 25652 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Palaeolithic flint handaxe |
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Summary
A broken Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found on the surface of this field in 1987.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 9942 3100 |
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Map Sheet: | TF93SE |
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Parish: | FULMODESTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1987. Stray Find.
Found on surface of field:
1 Palaeolithic broken flint handaxe. 7 cm long, probably 8 cm prior to break, which is not a recent one. Pointed/cordate form. Only slightly rolled but very abraded on some of the ridges. Stained and lustrous.
Identified and compiled by J. Wymer (NAU), 3 January 1990.
Described on (S1), which also has a sketch of the handaxe.
This find is also noted in (S2) and (S3), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 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
<S1> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Fulmodeston. |
<S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 45. |
<S3> | Website: TERPS online database. Site 22436. |
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