NHER 8355 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe, medieval pottery sherds and animal bone
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SEA PALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
September 1970. Stray Find.
Found on shore:
1 Palaeolithic small black flint handaxe. "Middle Acheulian". Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1971.151). See sketch (S1). Information from (S2).
This object was first reported in (S3) and is described on (S4) and in (S5) as a sub-cordate handaxe in very rolled condition. It is also noted in (S6), (S7) and (S8), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 2014.
19 January 1981. Stray Find.
Found 2 feet [60cm] seaward side of concrete beach wall in grey deposit:
Medieval pottery sherds, animal bones and leather. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1981.83).
Identified and compiled by W.F. Milligan and P. Lawrence (NCM), 2 February 1981.
Information from (S9).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 2014.
Associated Sources (9)
- <S1> SNF91581 Illustration: Clough, T. Sketch of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Sea Palling. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF2434 Serial: 1970. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1970. No 17. p 12.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Sea Palling (No 3).
- <S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 35.
- <S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 49.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22544.
- <S8> SNF81597 Article in Serial: Robins, P., Wymer, J. J. and Parfitt, S. 2008. Handaxe Finds on the Norfolk Beaches. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt III pp 412-415. p 415.
- <S9> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (4)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 8 2016 4:59PM