NHER 28712 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxes
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | COSTESSEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
About 1975. Stray Found.
Found in garden of 62 Longwater Lane:
2 Palaeolithic flint handaxes. One had been broken and was thrown back into garden and was not seen at NCM. See drawing of complete handaxe (S1).
These finds are noted on (S2) and in (S3) and (S4), although no additional information is given.
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM) 31 October 1991. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2014.
8 August 1996. Field Visit.
Site visited by J. J. Wymer.
Post-war bungalow on west side of road on flat ?terrace with slight rise to south.
Information from (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 30 January 2015.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF77735 Illustration: Davies, J. 1991. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Costessey. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Costessey.
- <S3> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-4, No.1.
- <S4> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22618.
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
Feb 29 2016 12:20PM