NHER 5589 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic handaxe
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Summary
In 1964 a Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe was recovered from this area.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL78NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1964. Stray Find.
Found east of Fengate:
1 Lower Palaeolithic Acheulian-type ovate flint handaxe.
This discovery was reported in (S1). Information from (S2).
This handaxe is listed in (S3) and is also noted on (S4) and in (S5), (S6) and (S7), although no additional details are given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 November 2014.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF2359 Serial: 1964. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1964. No 11. p 6.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 241.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Weeting with Broomhill (East of Fengate).
- <S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 103.
- <S6> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. LLO-3, No.12.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22784.
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
May 18 2020 8:00AM