NHER 28079 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced possible Upper Palaeolithic implement (Brancaster, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRANCASTER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Pre 1909. Stray Find.
In December 1909 a Palaeolithic implement that had been found at Brancaster was exhibited by Mr B. Lowerison at a meeting of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. It had been found in a ploughed field that was "part sand, part clay". It is recorded in (S1) that the object was "…of the ordinary pointed type of Palaeolith, thin, 3 1/2 inches [8.9cm] long and 2 inches [5.1cm] wide at the broadest point. The object is clearly too small to have been a handaxe and it was apparently considered to be similar to "the ordinary type of Solutrean" by Dr A. Sturge. This would suggest it was potentially an Upper Palaeolithic leaf-shaped point.
This object is also noted on (S2) and in (S3), (S4) and (S5), although in all cases only a reference to (S1) is given.
R. Rickett (NAU), 28 August 1990. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 December 2013.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF1456 Article in Serial: 1911. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt I (for 1909-1910) pp 109-121. p 116.
- <S2> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Brancaster.
- <S3> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 17.
- <S4> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 45.
- <S5> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22417.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POINT (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC? to 10001 BC?)
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Record last edited
Mar 4 2016 12:02PM