NHER 11344 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe.
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Summary
A crude Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found here in 1976.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF62SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTH WOOTTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1976. Stray Find.
Found by [1]:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe, crude, ironstained. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2).
This discovery was reported in (S3) and is also noted on (S4) and in (S5), (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
E. Rose (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 December 2013.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SW 54.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF90356 Illustration: Gregory, T. 1976. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from North Wootton. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF2543 Serial: 1976. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1976. No 23. p 23.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. North Wootton.
- <S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 14.
- <S6> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. 120-121.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 23082.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2016 9:57AM