NHER 17849 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF92SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTH ELMHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1981? Stray Find.
Found while gardening in garden of Greenjackets, Station Road:
1 Palaeolithic flint ovate handaxe. See drawing (S1).
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU) as "probably dating from Hoxnian intergacial c. 300,000 BC".
Originally compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 4 December 1981. Information from (S2).
Described by Wymer on (S3) and in (S4) as a flat-butted cordate handaxe in sharp condition. This object is also listed in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 August 2014.
Associated Sources (6)
- <S1> SNF89763 Illustration: Johnson, S. 1981. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from North Elmham. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. North Elmham.
- <S4> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 22.
- <S5> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-2, No.1.
- <S6> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22573.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Feb 13 2016 6:52PM