NHER 2911 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL99SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOW BEDON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Around 1970. Stray Find.
Found during ploughing:
1 Palaeolithic broken "Acheulian" flint handaxe. Stained black (inner flint light brown).
Seen by A. J. Lawson (NAU), 1975. Information from (S1).
This find is noted on (S2) and also listed in (S3), (S4) and (S5), although no further details are given (the NHER having been the source of this information).
A. J. Lawson (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 April 2013.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Stow Bedon.
- <S3> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 57.
- <S4> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. p 103.
- <S5> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22844.
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
Mar 14 2022 8:19AM