NHER 14429 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe, 49 Baldock Drive (possibly originally from North Wootton)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF62SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
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.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SW 24.
- <S1> SNF2351 Serial: 1968. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1968. No 15. p 6.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Wootton; South Wootton (G).
- <S4> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 14.
- <S5> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996.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> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 23077.
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
Jul 22 2020 1:44PM