NHER 6545 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe and other prehistoric worked flints
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG03SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRISTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Pre 1975. Stray Find.
Found on ploughed surface "A few years before 1975":
1 Palaeolithic "lanceolate" flint handaxe. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1975.467). Information from (S1).
Described by Wymer on (S2) and in (S3) as a rolled and stained pointed handaxe with a dendritic patina. Also noted in (S4) and (S5), although no additional information is given.
According to (S1) it was also reported that other flints, including a Neolithic polished axehead had also been found "in this area".
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 June 2014.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Briston.
- <S3> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. pp 19-20.
- <S4> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 49.
- <S5> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22531.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (3)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 6 2016 8:05PM