NHER 4599 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic handaxe
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Summary
A Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found here in 1966.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF80NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NECTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1966. Stray Find.
Found on surface around 450 yards [411m] north of Town Farm:
1 Palaeolithic flint "Acheulian" hand-axe. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2).
This discovery was reported in (S3) and it is listed in (S4). It is also noted on (S5) and in (S6), (S7) and (S8), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 May 2013.
Associated Sources (11)
- --- 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 80 NE 27.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81039 Illustration: Palmer, C. 1966. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Necton. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF2375 Serial: 1966. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1966. No 13. p 5.
- <S4> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 236.
- <S5> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Necton.
- <S6> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 51.
- <S7> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996.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. 2.
- <S8> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 23052.
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
Aug 10 2017 2:16PM