NHER 4130 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Palaeolithic flint handaxes, Bridge Farm (Sporle with Palgrave, poorly located)

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Summary

Sometime prior to 1968, two Palaeolithic handaxes were recovered somewhere on the land of Bridge Farm, Sporle.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	SPORLE WITH PALGRAVE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Pre 1968. Stray Find.
Found at unknown date on "Bridge Farm", near Sporle:
2 Palaeolithic flint handaxes. Donated to the King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 2001.492-3).
Information from (S1).
These finds are listed in (S2) and on (S3) and in (S4). They are also noted in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
It is unclear where these objects were discovered. The main buildings associated with Bridge Farm are located at TF 8406 1103. Wymer noted that these handaxes are in sharp condition, perhaps suggestive of a primary context.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2013.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
<S2> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 239.
<S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Sporle (Bridge Farm).
<S4> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 50.
<S5> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. N&W-1, No. 9.
<S6> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 23058.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

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

Object Types (2)

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

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Sporle with Palgrave (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2016 11:46AM