NHER 17559 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GELDESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
22 August 1981. Stray Find.
Found on pebbly ground opposite pub:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. Pointed. See sketch (S1).
Information from (S1).
This discovery was reported in (S3) and the handaxe is also noted on (S4) and in (S5), (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
W. Milligan (NCM), 25 August 1981. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 February 2014.
A post-medieval saw pit that survives nearby is now recorded under NHER 59992.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 February 2014.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF78885 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1981. Sketch of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Geldeston. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF69578 Article in Serial: Edwards, D. (NAU). 1983. Archaeological Discoveries for 1981 and 1982. CBA Group VI Bulletin. Series 2 No 28 pp 31-53. p 33.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Geldeston.
- <S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 71.
- <S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. WNY-3, No.1.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22706.
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
Jan 30 2016 12:12PM