NHER 3332 (Find Spot record) - Two Palaeolithic retouched flakes
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF62SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LEZIATE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
May 1956. Stray Find.
Found by [1] in gravel pit at 80 feet [24m] O.D:
1 Palaeolithic flint "flake tool". Recovered 9 feet [2.7m] below surface, on top of chalky boulder clay. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1956.264). Information from (S1).
This discovery was reported in (S2) and it is the retouched flake/flake implement from Leziate listed in (S3). It is also noted on (S4) and in (S5) although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 December 2013.
8 August 1983. Field Visit.
Site visited by J. J. Wymer. Pit used for horse, no rubbish, clean sections.
Found on disturbed floor of pit:
1 Palaeolithic flint flake (length 8cm) with secondary working along one edge. Small, plain striking platform. Two major facets on dorsal face and some cortex. Rolled condition, slightly stained and patinated.
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU). Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1983.311). Information from (S6). See also photograph of section and sketches on (S4). Flake noted in (S5).
Previously recorded under NHER 19425.
J. Wymer (NAU) 15 August 1983.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SE 37.
- <S1> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S2> SNF2259 Serial: 1956. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 3. p 3.
- <S3> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 234.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Leziate.
- <S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 15.
- <S6> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 3332 and 19425.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 21 2018 12:20PM