NHER 35045 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe

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Summary

In 1997 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found in a spoil heap behind the Dog and Partridge Public House.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL99SW
Civil Parish	WRETHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1997. Stray find.
Found behind Dog and Partridge Public House, East Wretham, in contractors spoil, so uncertain provenance:
1 Palaeolithic pointed flint handaxe with slightly asymmetrical butt and markedly plano-convex section. See drawing (S1).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see full description in file. This object is also noted on (S2).
K. Sussams (NCM) 31 December 1997. Ammended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 April 2013.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF76253 Illustration: Robins, P. 1997. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Wretham. Paper. 1:1.
<S2> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Wretham (West Wretham).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

Object Types (1)

HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Wretham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Feb 10 2016 5:51PM