NHER 63221 (Find Spot record) - Lower Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Roman finds

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Summary

Between 2019 and 2020 a Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe and a Neolithic ground stone axehead or adze were found by chance along this section of the foreshore. Metal-detecting in 2023 recovered a Roman brooch fragment.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF64SE
Civil Parish HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Unstratified artefacts recovered on the section of Hunstanton beach between Hunstanton pier and Hunstanton South Promenade Boat Ramp/sewerage pipe.

January-February 2019. Stray Find. [1].
Lower Palaeolithic small flint handaxe.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 November 2019.

October 2020. Stray Find. [2].
Neolithic ground stone axehead or adze.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended between Hunstanton pier and Hunstanton South Promenade Boat Ramp/sewerage pipe. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
E. McDonald (HES), 3 November 2019 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 December 2020.

September-November 2023. Metal-detecting. [3].
Roman brooch fragment.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2024.

Associated Sources (0)

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 50 AD to 80 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Feb 15 2025 11:48PM

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