NHER 24753 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic and Roman finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF81SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SPORLE WITH PALGRAVE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Spring 1988. Stray Find. [1].
Found on surface near path:
1 convergent scraper on thick, patinated flake with faceted butt. Attribution to Lower Palaeolithic only based on typology, but handaxes of Mousterian of Acheulian Tradition type do occasionally occur on the surface in similar condition.
Identified and compiled by J. J. Wymer (NAU) 25 August 1988.
This object was first reported in (S1) and is described and sketched on (S2). It is also noted in (S3) and (S4) although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 February 2016.
October 2022. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 28 January 2024.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF87170 Article in Serial: 1989. Archaeological Discoveries for 1988. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 34 pp 32-61. p 44.
- <S2> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Sporle with Palgrave.
- <S3> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996.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-1, No. 8.
- <S4> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 23057.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- COIN (Roman - 322 AD to 323 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 13 2024 1:18PM