NHER 34650 (Find Spot record) - Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF62NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FLITCHAM WITH APPLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
21 August 1998. Stray Find.
Found by [1] on surface near old, now overgrown marl pit:
1 Lower Palaeolithic retouched ovate flint handaxe. Small gravel and yellow clay still sticking to it when found.
Golden brown patination; retouching has a milky patination but this seems to be for reasons of deposition as the retouching seems to be contemporary and not subsequent. See sketch (S1).
Donated to Sandringham Royal Estate Museum.
Identified and compiled by E. Rose (NLA) 3 September 1999.
This discovery was later reported in (S2). The handaxe was also seen by J. J. Wymer in 2001 and is briefly described on (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 December 2013.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF90357 Illustration: Nicholls, J. O. H. 1998. Sketch of a Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Flitcham with Appleton. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87996 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2003. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 2002. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt II pp 356-368. p 357.
- <S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Flithcam with Appleton; Hillington (Gatton).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 150001 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 14 2017 8:44AM