Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30179 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint handaxe |
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Summary
In 1993 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found on the beach at Caister on Sea.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 5277 1222 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG51SW |
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| Parish: | CAISTER ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1993. Stray Find.
Found on beach:
1 Palaeolithic ovate flint handaxe. Very rolled. See drawing (S1). Donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1993.202).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file.
Noted on (S2) and listed in (S3), (S4) and (S5), although no additional information is given.
W. Milligan (NCM), 21 November 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES).
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
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Robins, P. 1993. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Caister on Sea. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Caister. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-6, No.1. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Robins, P., Wymer, J. J. and Parfitt, S. 2008. Handaxe Finds on the Norfolk Beaches. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt III pp 412-415. p 415. |
| <S5> | Website: TERPS online database. Site 22666. |
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