NHER 28074 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint flake

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Summary

In 1978 a rolled Palaeolitihc flint flake was found in bedded gravel deposits, 2.5m below the ground surface.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM39SW
Civil Parish BROOME, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1978. Stray Find.
Found by [1] in the gravel workings on Broome Heath (Context 1):
1 Palaeolithic rolled primary flint flake. Discovered in situ in bedded gravel 2.5m below the surface. Retained by finder.
This flake and its discovery are described on (S1), which also has a rough sketch of the object. It is also noted in (S2) and listed in (S3) and (S4), although no additional information is given.
R. Rickett (NAU), 30 August 1990. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 February 2014.

  • <S1> Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Broome (Broome Heath).
  • <S2> Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 70.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. WNY-2, No.10.
  • <S4> Website: TERPS online database. Site 22703.
  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 8 2022 12:40PM

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