NHER 17013 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SEA PALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
DO NOT ADD ANY MORE FINDS TO THIS RECORD. See [2].
1977. Stray Find.
Found on the beach a quarter of a mile south-east of Cart Gap [1]:
1 Palaeolithic flint "Acheulean" handaxe. Pointed ovate, possibly reworked at the tip. On dark mottled greenish brown/black flint. Lightly rolled. Small area of cortex on less ridged face. See drawing (S1).
Compiled by A. Lawson (NAU), 2 February 1981. Information from (S2).
This handaxe is briefly described on (S3) and in (S4) and also noted in (S5), (S6) and (S7), although no additonal information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 2014.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF78830 Illustration: Lawson, A. 1981. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Sea Palling. Film. 1:1.
- <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. Sea Palling (No 2).
- <S4> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 35.
- <S5> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 49.
- <S6> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22546.
- <S7> SNF81597 Article in Serial: Robins, P., Wymer, J. J. and Parfitt, S. 2008. Handaxe Finds on the Norfolk Beaches. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt III pp 412-415.
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
Feb 3 2020 12:47PM