NHER 40727 (Find Spot record) - Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF71SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | PENTNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 2004. Stray Find.
Found by [1], next to track at [2]:
1 Lower Palaeolithic small cordate flint handaxe. 94mm long, slight pointed. See drawing (S1).
Perhaps derived from gravel used in track metalling (from nearby Middleton Aggregates pits?), although it may have been unearthed by recent dyke cleaning.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description and finder's map in file. This discovery was reported in (S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 September 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 November 2013.
November-December 2015. Site extended to the whole field. [3].
Medieval rotary key.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2016.
January 2020. Metal-detecting. [4].
Medieval/post-medieval weight.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 April 2020.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF89972 Illustration: Robins, P. 2004. Drawing of a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe from Pentney. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF88025 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2005. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk in 2004. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt IV pp 736-750. p 738.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (3)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1600 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
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Record last edited
May 25 2021 8:14AM