NHER 4142 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint cleaver
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Summary
Around 1965 a Palaeolithic flint 'cleaver' was recovered from this area.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF81SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1966. Stray Find.
Found at [1], near site of St Guthlac's Chapel (NHER 4145):
1 Palaeolithic flint cleaver. Donated to the King's Lynn Museum (A595; KILLM : 2001.663). Reported in (S1). Information from (S2). This object is described on (S3) and in (S4) as a rolled cleaver. It is also noted in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 June 2013.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- 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 81 SW 31.
- <S1> SNF2375 Serial: 1966. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1966. No 13. p 6.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Swaffham.
- <S4> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 50.
- <S5> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. N&W-1, No. 10.
- <S6> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 23059.
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
Apr 26 2022 8:03AM