NHER 2780 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint cleaver
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEETLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1966. Stray Find.
Found about 800 yards [730m] south-west of Vale Farm:
1 Palaeolithic ovate flint handaxe. See sketch (S1).
Information from (S2).
This discovery was first reported in (S3) and is also briefly described on (S4). Although originally listed as a handaxe this object was subsequently described as a cleaver in (S5). This find is also listed in (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 August 2013.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 91 NE 6.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81351 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1966. Sketch of a Palaeolithic flint cleaver from Beetley. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF2375 Serial: 1966. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1966. No 13. p 2.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Beetley.
- <S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 55.
- <S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. pp 62-63.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22596.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- CLEAVER (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Jun 30 2022 8:39AM