NHER 22618 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic Lower/Middle flint handaxe, Horsey beach
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORSEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
DO NOT ADD FINDS TO THIS RECORD. See [3].
April 1986. Stray Find.
Found on beach by [1], washed up on tide line at [2]:
1 Lower/Middle Palaeolithic ovate flint handaxe. Very rolled. See sketch (S1).
Identified by J.J. Wymer (NAU). Compiled by W.F. Millligan (NCM), 28 April 1986. Information from (S2).
First reported in (S3) and also noted on (S4) and in (S5), (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2014.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF91542 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1986. Sketch of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Horsey. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF87166 Article in Serial: 1987. Archaeological Discoveries for 1986. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 32 pp 42-79. p 54.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Horsey (No 2).
- <S5> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 50.
- <S6> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22554.
- <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. p 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
Apr 29 2021 12:00PM