NHER 30195 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe, from Shropham Gravel Pit
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM09SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SHROPHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1993. Stray Find.
Found on conveyor belt at Minns gravel pit (a pit renowned for its prolific Late Pleistocene mammalian remains):
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. See sketch (S1).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file.
This discovery was first reported in (S2). The handaxe is briefly described on (S3) and also noted in (S4) and (S5), although no further details are given (the NHER having been the source of this information).
W. Milligan (NCM) 28 October 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 April 2013.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF77157 Illustration: Robins, P. 1993. Sketch of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Shropham. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF86413 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1994. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1993. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 104-115. p 104.
- <S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Shropham.
- <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 SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996.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 22850.
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 2 2016 5:57PM