NHER 41345 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxes
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORSEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | SEA PALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Before 22 February 2005. Stray Find.
1 Lower/Middle Palaeolithic pointed ovate flint handaxe.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM). See description and copies of photographs (S1) in file.
Also noted on (S2) and in (S3) (in both cases incorrectly listed as being from the neighbouring parish of Horsey).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 March 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 2014.
Site extended to beach area from Poplar Farm campsite access to Horsey Gap access. Previous extent mapped at [1]. E. McDonald (HES), 21 January 2020.
July-September 2015. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [2].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
October-December 2015. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [2].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
April-June 2016. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [2].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
April-June 2019. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [3].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
June-July 2019. Stray Find. [5].
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Lower/Middle Palaeolithic sub-cordate handaxe of Wymer's type G.
Lower/Middle Palaeolithic handaxe of indeterminate type due to recent damage. It contains a marine fossil.
Lower/Middle Palaeolithic cordate handaxe of Wymer's type J.
Information from PAS import.
These handaxes were found in close proximity to each and may represent a cache. See [6].
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
July-September 2019. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF91580 Photograph: Robins, P. 2005. Photographs of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Sea Palling. Colour. Paper. Slightly enlarged.
- <S2> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Horsey (beach).
- <S3> SNF81597 Article in Serial: Robins, P., Wymer, J. J. and Parfitt, S. 2008. Handaxe Finds on the Norfolk Beaches. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt III pp 412-415. p 415.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (4)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 150001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 29 2021 11:50AM