NHER 21261 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Palaeolithic handaxe, Nar Valley (Narford, poorly located)

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Summary

A Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found somewhere in the Nar Valley near Narford some time before 1981.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	NARFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Pre 1981. Stray Find.
1 Palaeolithic handaxe. Writing on artefact reads 'Nar Valley, Narford, Norfolk'.
Nothing known of the precise locality or circumstances of discovery.
Cordate handaxe 13.5cm long, rolled and stained.
J.J. Wymer (NAU) 1 March 1985.
Information from (S1).
This object is described on (S2) and in (S3). It is also listed in (S4) and (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2013.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S2> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Narford.
<S3> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 45.
<S4> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996.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. 2.
<S5> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 23063.

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)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Narford (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2016 12:02PM