NHER 8081 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint flakes, Sweet Briar Road
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1956. Stray Find.
Found when digging foundations for May and Baker Chemical Factory on west side of Sweet Briar Road:
3 Palaeolithic flint flakes of Clactonian type, from gravel.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1956.56). Information from (S1).
These finds were first reported in (S2) and are also listed in (S3). They are described on (S4) and (S5) as slightly rolled and stained. Also noted in (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2014.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF73914 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. City suburb with an eye on the sky. 2 February.
- --- 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. TG 21 SW 41.
- <S1> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic. Hellesdon.
- <S2> SNF2259 Serial: 1956. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 3. p 4.
- <S3> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 237.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Norwich (Sweetbriar Road).
- <S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 61.
- <S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-4, No.3.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22620.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Jun 14 2017 12:19PM