NHER 35138 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Palaeolithic flint handaxe, Clarence Park (?Norfolk, poorly located)

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Summary

The Birmingham City Museum holds a Palaeolithic handaxe recorded as being found in "Clarence Park". It has been reported that this is a Norfolk find, although there appears to be no such location in the county. There has, however, been handaxes recovered at both Clarence Park and Clarence Park Road in Bournemouth so it is much more likely that the Birmingham handaxe was found there rather than in Norfolk.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish NORFOLK NO PROVENANCE, -, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Pre 1991.
According to (S1) the Birmingham City Museum holds a Palaeolithic cordate flint handaxe that is recorded as being from "Clarence Park [Broome? or Norwich]" in Norfolk.

It is somewhat doubtful whether this is actually a Norfolk find. The county does not appear to have anywhere known as Clarence Park, although there are several Clarence Roads, including one in Norwich. It should also be noted that "Clarence Park" and "Clarence Park Road" in Bournemouth are both listed in (S2) as locations where Palaeolithic handaxes had been recovered prior to 1968.
E. Rose (NLA), 7 March 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 July 2014.

  • <S1> Article in Serial: Watson, P. J. et al. 1999. Antiquities from Norfolk in West Midlands Museums. Norfolk Archaeology. vol XLIII Pt II pp 332-338. p 332.
  • <S2> Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. pp 79, 84.
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 6 2016 7:38PM

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