NHER 9884 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe, Neolithic polished flint axehead and Bronze Age palstave
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRAMINGHAM EARL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1964. Stray Find.
Found by [1] in gravel pit, about 54m north-east of school:
1 Palaeolithic ovate flint handaxe. See drawing (S1). Information from (S2). This handaxe is noted on (S3) and listed in (S4)-(S7), although no additional information is given.
1 Neolithic broken chipped and polished flint axehead. See drawing (S8). Information from (S9).
1 Bronze Age copper alloy palstave (damaged). See drawing (S10). Information from (S11).
These discoveries were reported in (S12).
Complied by E. B. Green (NCM). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 March 2014.
7 August 1996. Field Visit.
Site visited by J. J. Wymer. Pit remains open but wooded. South part partially backfilled for diversion of Long Lane.
Information from (S3); see sketch on reverse.
P. Watkins (HES), 30 January 2016.
Associated Sources (15)
- --- 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 SE 25.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF79309 Illustration: Milligan, W. 1964. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Framingham Earl.. Card. 1:1.
- <S10> SNF79311 Illustration: Milligan, W. 1964. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy palstave from Framingham Earl. Find Illustration. Card. 1:1.
- <S11> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Framingham Earl.
- <S12> SNF2359 Serial: 1964. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1964. No 11. p 3.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Framlingham Earl (gravel pit NE of school).
- <S4> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 231.
- <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 SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997.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. p 67.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22657.
- <S8> SNF79310 Illustration: Milligan, W. 1964. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead from Framingham Earl.. Card. 1:1.
- <S9> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Framingham Earl.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (3)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Jun 14 2016 4:29PM