NHER 39526 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe and undatable prehistoric worked flints

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 2002 recovered a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe and several other prehistoric flint implements, including a core, a retouched flake and a knife.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM18SW
Civil Parish DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

October 2002. Fieldwalking.
Several worked flints recovered:
1 Lower Palaeolithic pointed handaxe. Lightly rolled. See drawing (S1).
1 undatable prehistoric knife, 1 core/scraper, 1 retouched flake and 1 flake.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see descriptions in file.
These discoveries were reported in (S2). The handaxe is noted on (S3).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 July 2003. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 January 2014.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Robins, P. 2002. Drawing of a Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Diss. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2003. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk in 2003. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 563-573. p 564.
  • <S3> Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Diss (Walcot Green Farm).
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 150001 BC)
  • KNIFE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2021 9:30AM

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