NHER 15632 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe

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Summary

An ovate Palaeolithic flint handaxe was recovered when a trench was excavated in the middle of the road here in 1978.

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Map sheet	TF72SW
Civil Parish	CONGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	GRIMSTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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June 1978. Stray Find.
In spoilheap of trench dug in middle of road by GPO, between TF 7190 2275 and TF 7200 2376:
1 Palaeolithic ovate flint handaxe; orange and brown flint with frost fractures. 20cm long, 12cm across. See sketch (S1) and drawing (S2).
A. Lawson (NAU), 14 January 1980. Information from (S3).

This is almost certainly the large, slightly rolled, ovate handaxe noted by Wymer on (S4) and in (S5), although in both cases an incorrect provenance is given (a trench at TF 715 232). This object is also noted in (S6) and (S7), which both repeat some of the errors in (S5).

Previously also recorded as NHER 13902.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 December 2013.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF90345 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1978. Sketch of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Congham. Paper. 1:1.
<S2> SNF79014 Illustration: Lawson, A. 1980. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Congham. Film. 1:1.
<S3> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Congham; Grimston/Congham.
<S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 15.
<S6> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. p 121.
<S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 23086.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

Object Types (1)

HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2025 8:27AM