NHER 1300 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blade, Thornham Beach (Thornham, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
1962. Stray Find.
Found by [1] on Thornham Beach:
1 Late Upper Palaeolithic peat-stained flint blade with battered edges. See drawing (S1).
Held by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1963.85).
Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3) and is also listed in (S4). See copy of press cutting in file (S5), which notes that this blade was found "…where the old submerged forest lies".
E. Rose (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 December 2013.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81761 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1962. Drawing of a Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blade from Thornham. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF92203 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Upper Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF87127 Serial: 1962. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1962. No 9. p 6.
- <S4> SNF88036 Article in Serial: Robins, P. and Wymer, J. 2006. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Long Blade) Industries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 86-95. p 95.
- <S5> SNF64427 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1963. Palaeolithic flint found at Thornham Beach. 4 January.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
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Record last edited
Feb 18 2018 5:17PM