NHER 31389 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe, Sweet Briar Road
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Summary
A Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found here during construction work in 1980.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HELLESDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
About 1980. Stray Find.
Found during construction work (hand digging) on the former May and Bakers site:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. See drawing (S1). Subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1996.15). This discovery was reported in (S2) and is briefly described on (S3).
See finder's map in file.
W. Milligan (NCM) 3 January 1995. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2014.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map..
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF90193 Illustration: Robins, P. 1995. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Hellesdon. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF86426 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 387-396. p 387.
- <S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Hellesdon; Norwich.
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 7:31PM