NHER 25257 (Find Spot record) - Middle Palaeolithic handaxe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM09NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1989. Stray Find.
Found north-east of Crowshall Bridge, on surface at headwaters of tributary of Little Ouse:
1 Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxe. Flat-butted cordate in very rolled condition, slightly stained and patinated. A good example of a type of handaxe that is typical, though not necessarily restricted to, a period during the first half of the last glaciation (c. 80,000 to 50,000 years ago). See drawing (S1) and sketch (S2).
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU), 6 March 1989. See full description in file.
This discovery was reported in (S3) and is also noted on (S4) and in (S5) and (S6), although no additional details are given (the NHER having been the source of this information).
Subsequently donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2000.189.2).
W. Milligan (NCM) 20 March 1989. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 April 2013.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF77933 Illustration: Wymer, J. 1989. Drawing of a Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Attleborough. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF94087 Illustration: Wymer, J. 1989. Sketch of a Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Attleborough. Paper. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF2910 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. 1990. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1989. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt I pp 96-106. p 96; Fig 1.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Attleborough.
- <S5> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. p 103.
- <S6> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22860.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HANDAXE (Middle Palaeolithic - 150000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Nov 11 2019 3:10PM