NHER 1933 (Monument record) - Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF83NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOUTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1958. Stray Find.
Found on surface by [1]:
1 Lower Palaeolithic "Acheulian" flint handaxe. See drawings (S1) and (S2).
Information from (S3).
This discovery was first reported in (S4). This find is also noted on (S5) and in (S6), (S7), (S8) and (S9), although no additional information is given.
T. Clough (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 December 2013.
30 June 1986. Field Visit.
Site visited by J. J. Wymer.
Just below top of plateau. Cultivated field. >150'.
Information from (S5).
P. Watkins (HES), 30 January 2016.
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF90408 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1958. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from South Creake. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF90409 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1969. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from South Creake. Card. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S4> SNF2300 Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 3.
- <S5> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. South Creake.
- <S6> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 239.
- <S7> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 17.
- <S8> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 45.
- <S9> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22433.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 150001 BC)
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Record last edited
Jan 30 2016 10:43AM