NHER 11165 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Palaeolithic flint handaxe, River Wissey between Lynford and Stoke Ferry (Norfolk, poorly located)

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Summary

At some time prior to March 1939 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was dredged from the River Wissey. The exact location of this discovery is not known, although it was reported as being somewhere between Lynford and Stoke Ferry.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	NORFOLK NO PROVENANCE, -, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Pre 1939. Stray Find.
Dredged from River Wissey between Lynford and Stoke Ferry:
1 Palaeolithic Acheulean handaxe. Unpatinated and unrolled. Seen by R. R. Clarke in 1939.
Information from (S1).
Little can be said regarding the possible provenace of this object, Lynford and Stoke Ferry being 12km apart.
This handaxe is listed in (S2) and also noted on (S3) and in (S4), (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 July 2014.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic. River Wissey.
<S2> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 235.
<S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Lynford (general).
<S4> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 53.
<S5> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. LLO-3, No.8.
<S6> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22764.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

Object Types (1)

HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Mar 6 2016 6:14PM