NHER 9701 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic handaxe

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Summary

A Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found on a footpath here in 1950. This was not in situ and may have come from either the Keswick Mill Pit (NHER 9560) or the pit at Whitlingham (NHER 9663), both of which produced many Palaeolithic implements.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20SW
Civil Parish	KESWICK, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1950. Stray Find.
Found by [1] in material of footpath on county side of Harford Bridges:
1 Palaeolithic "Acheulian type" flint handaxe. Group III. Definitely not in situ. Information from (S1). Possibly from the pit near the mill (NHER 9560), although according to (S1) its type suggests an affinity with the material recovered at Whitlingham (NHER 9663).
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1950.31).
Also noted on (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 March 2014.

Associated Sources (4)

--- 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 20 SW 5.
<S1> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
<S2> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Norwich (General).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

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

Object Types (1)

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

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2021 2:33PM