NHER 8082 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint find, Sweet Briar Road, Hellesdon
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1964. Stray Find.
Found on May and Baker site, Sweet Briar Road, in spoil from a trench dug into gravel (?terrace gravel):
1 Palaeolithic iron-stained flint Acheulian handaxe. Found at a depth of between 3ft [90cm] and 7ft [2m], relatively close to where 'Clactonian' flakes were found in 1956 (NHER 8081). See drawing (S1). Information from (S2).
This find was first reported in (S3) and was discussed and figured in a short article that appeared in a May and Baker magazine (S4). See file for draft text from (S4) and originals of the photographs from this article (S5). This find was subsequently listed in (S6). It is also noted in (S7), (S8), (S9) and (S10) although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2014.
Associated Sources (13)
- --- 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.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF79882 Illustration: Green, E. 1964. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Norwich. Card. 1:1.
- <S10> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22620.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF2359 Serial: 1964. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1964. No 11. p 4.
- <S4> SNF68952 Article in Serial: Green, B. 1965. An Old Old Story. The Planet: for M & B employees throughout the world. Vol 19 No 5 pp 8-9.
- <S5> SNF91244 Photograph: 1964. Photographs of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from the May and Baker site, Hellesdon. Black & white. print.
- <S6> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 237.
- <S7> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Norwich (Sweetbriar Road).
- <S8> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 61.
- <S9> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997.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.
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
Jun 14 2017 12:19PM