NHER 9345 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Palaeolithic flint handaxe (Little Melton, poorly located)

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Summary

At some time prior to 1926 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found in Little Melton parish. The exact location and nature of its discovery are unknown.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish LITTLE MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Before 1926. Stray Find.
Found by [1] at unknown location in Little Melton:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. "?Group I". Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1926.83 : A). Information from (S1).
This implement is listed in (S2) and described on (S3) and in (S4) as 15cm long, sub-ovate and very rolled. It is also noted in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2014.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
  • <S2> Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 235.
  • <S3> Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Little Melton.
  • <S4> Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 59.
  • <S5> Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-3, No.9.
  • <S6> Website: TERPS online database. Site 22614.
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 4 2016 11:56AM

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