NHER 9477 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint side scraper

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Summary

A Palaeolithic flint side scraper was found in a gravel pit at Ketteringham in 1926. Although the site of this pit was not record, it was most likely the large gravel quarry that was open at this location during the 1920s.

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Location

Map sheet	TG10SE
Civil Parish	KETTERINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1926. Stray Find.
Found in gravel pit by J. E. Sainty:
1 Palaeolithic "Group V" side scraper. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1955.26).
Information from (S1).
According to (S2) this object was a "fine scraper of true early Mousterian type" recovered from a "shallow excavation".

This object is listed in (S3) and described on (S4) and in (S5) as being a rolled and stained side scraper. It is also noted in (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.

Unfortunately the exact location of the gravel pit that produced this object was not recorded. The mapped extent of this record reflects the most likely location of this site - a large gravel pit clearly marked on contemporary cartographic sources. A second possible location was previously recorded at TG 172 038 (NHER 9493).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2014.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
<S2> SNF7743 Article in Serial: Sainty, J. E. and Boswell, P. G. H. 1927. An Acheulean Palaeolithic Workshop Site at Whitlingham, near Norwich. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol V Pt II (for 1926). p 177.
<S3> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 235.
<S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Ketteringham.
<S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 69.
<S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-3, No.8.
<S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22613.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

Object Types (1)

SIDE SCRAPER (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Ketteringham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 23 2025 8:32AM