NHER 14429 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe, 49 Baldock Drive (possibly originally from North Wootton)

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Summary

A Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found in the grounds of this property in 1968. It had probably come in with gravel brought from North Wootton.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF62SW
Civil Parish KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1968. Stray Find.
Found at 49 Baldock Drive, Gaywood by [1]:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. This had probably been brought in with gravel that had come from North Wootton. This discovery was reported in (S1). Information from (S2). Subsequently donated to the King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1968.46).
This object was examined by J. J. Wymer and is described on (S3) and in (S4) as a very rolled pointed handaxe. It is also noted in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
E. Rose (NAU), 1979. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 November 2013.

  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SW 24.
  • <S1> Serial: 1968. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1968. No 15. p 6.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S3> Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Wootton; South Wootton (G).
  • <S4> Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 14.
  • <S5> Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. N&W-2, No. 19.
  • <S6> Website: TERPS online database. Site 23077.
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 22 2020 1:44PM

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