NHER 16262 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe

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Summary

In 1978 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found on the edge of a recently cleared out drain.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG32SW
Civil Parish SMALLBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

May 1978. Stray Find.
Found on edge recently cleared-out drain, west of Toad's Green Farm:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. See outline sketch (S1) and photographs (S2).
Identified and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 15 May 1980.
Information from (S3).
Described on (S4) and in (S5) as an elongated ovate handaxe, Wymer Type FK, 14cm long. Also noted in (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 June 2014.

10 March 1987. Field Visit.
Site visited by J. J. Wymer. Spoil heaps and road line walked but no artefacts recovered.
See (S4) for description of geological deposits observed.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 January 2016.

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  • <S1> Illustration: Milligan, W. 1980. Outline sketch of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Smallburgh. Card. 1:1.
  • <S2> Photograph: 1978. Photographs of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Smallburgh. Black and white. Print.
  • <S3> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S4> Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Smallburgh.
  • <S5> Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 33.
  • <S6> Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. B&A-1, No.2.
  • <S7> Website: TERPS online database. Site 22523.
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Record last edited

Jan 31 2016 7:25PM

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