NHER 3434 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic handaxe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EAST WINCH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1957. Stray Find.
Found "on sand 100 yards south of centre of Cranberry Plantation" by [1]:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe, grey patina at base, black round it to greyish yellow at tip. See drawing (S1). Donated to the King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1958.1.7.1).
Information from (S2).
This discovery was reported in (S3) and is marked in this location on a King's Lynn Museum 6" record map (S4). Also noted on (S5).
Given that the museum records appear to simply list this item as having been "picked up on the farm" it is likely that is one of the two handaxes from East Winch handaxes listed by Roe in (S6) as unprovenanced. It is noted in (S7) and (S8) that this handaxe was not listed with other material from East Winch due to potential confusion with Palaeoliths from Cranberry Farm, Hockham. This does however seem highly unlikely given the information from contemporary sources and the fact that the wood north of this location is indeed known as Cranberry Plantation.
E. Rose (NLA) 24 September 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 November 2013.
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 61 SE 19.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF90270 Illustration: Mottram, A. S. 1957. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from East Winch. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF2273 Serial: 1957. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 4. p 5.
- <S4> SNF52553 Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map.
- <S5> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. East Winch.
- <S6> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 230.
- <S7> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology.
- <S8> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 23070.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 150001 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 24 2021 7:48AM