NHER 22618 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic Lower/Middle flint handaxe, Horsey beach

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Summary

In 1986 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found washed up on the beach at this location.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG42SE
Civil Parish HORSEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

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.

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  • <S1> Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1986. Sketch of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Horsey. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: 1987. Archaeological Discoveries for 1986. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 32 pp 42-79. p 54.
  • <S4> Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Horsey (No 2).
  • <S5> Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 50.
  • <S6> Website: TERPS online database. Site 22554.
  • <S7> 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.
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 29 2021 12:00PM

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