NHER 5793 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic handaxe, Castle Street
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1914. Stray Find.
Found while digging trench for gas pipe on Castle Street:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe with "S-twist". Information from (S1).
This object was exhibited at a meeting of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia in 1919, where it was described as a "…finely chipped St Acheul hand-axe…" (S2). It is now held by the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1919.32).
This handaxe is listed in (S3) and described by Wymer on (S4) and in (S5) as a broken cordate or ovate handaxe in sharp condition. It is also listed in (S6) and (S7), although no additional details are given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 June 2013.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- 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. TL 88 SE 77.
- <S1> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S2> SNF1610 Article in Serial: 1919. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt I (for 1918-19) pp 162-164. p 163.
- <S3> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 240.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Thetford (Castle Street).
- <S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 114.
- <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 SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996.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-2, No. 11.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22682.
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
Jul 6 2016 4:26PM