NHER 60703 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Palaeolithic finds, Happisburgh beach (Happisburgh, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Poorly-located unstatified finds from Happisburgh beach.
Summer 2008. Stray find. [1].
1 Palaeolithic sub-cordate flint handaxe.
The find was recovered from Happisburgh beach but the exact location of the findspot is not known.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 September 2014.
April-June 2014. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [2].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
July-September 2015. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [2].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
January-August 2018. Stray find. [3].
IND17102018JG - PAS details to follow.
A. Beckham (HES), 30 May 2019.
January-November 2018. Stray find. [4].
Late Upper (Final) Palaeolithic long blade.
Lower/Middle Palaeolithic handaxe, bifacially knapped and of slightly plano-convex cross-section. It appears that this was a conventional (teardrop) shaped handaxe that has been reshaped and repurposed.
A. Beckham (HES), 26 February 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 April 2020.
January 2018-December 2019. Metal-detecting. [5].
61 Lower/Middle Palaeolithic flakes, a mixture of hominin-made and natural pieces.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2020.
Before October 2018. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [6].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 16 December 2020.
October 2018. Stray Find. [14].
Found at unrecorded location on foreshore at Happisburgh by [15]:
1 Lower Palaeolithic flint core.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 September 2023.
November 2018-April 2019. [7]
Found on foreshore by [8]:
2 Lower Palaeolithic flint cores, 2 flakes and 6 potentially worked flakes.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023.
January-March 2019. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [9].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
2019-2020. Stray Find. [18].
Found by [15] at unrecorded location on Happisburgh foreshore:
1 Lower Palaeolithic flint flake.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2024.
January 2019-January 2022. Stray Find. [19].
Found at unrecorded location on foreshore at Happisburgh by [20]:
1 Late (Final) Upper Palaeolithic flint blade.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 28 August 2024.
April 2019-January 2022. Stray Find. [16].
Found at unrecorded location(s) on foreshore at Happisburgh by [17]:
18 Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxes and 1 flake.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 February 2024.
April 2019. Stray Find. [14].
Found at unrecorded location on foreshore at Happisburgh by [15]:
1 Lower Palaeolithic flint flake.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 September 2023.
Before June 2019. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [10].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
August 2019. Stray Find. [11].
Found at unrecorded location on foreshore at Happisburgh by [12]:
Lower/Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxe.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023.
September-October 2019. Metal-detecting. [13].
Lower/Middle Palaeolithic handaxe of Wymer's Type D/F.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 May 2020.
Associated Sources (0)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (35)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 800000 BC to 180000 BC)
- CORE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- CORE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- CORE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150000 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 40001 BC)
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 14000 BC to 10001 BC)
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 14000 BC to 10001 BC)
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Record last edited
Jan 12 2025 11:42AM