NHER 5488 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Palaeolithic handaxes, pit near King's Lynn (King's Lynn, poorly located)

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Summary

Two Palaeolithic flint handaxes were found in a pit near King's Lynn in 1870.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

1870. Stray Find.
Found by J. Wyatt "…in a gravel pit near Lynn":
2 Palaeolithic flint handaxes.
This discovery is noted in (S1), in which the handaxes are described as "...an oval flint implement, well formed and deeply stained, and another of rude workmanship". Information from (S2).
These finds are listed in (S3) and also noted in on (S4) and in (S5), (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
The exact provenance of these items is unclear, although Wymer (S5) suggests that they may well have come from South Wootton, an area which is known to have produced a range of other Palaeolithic objects.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 November 2013.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF5933 Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. p 572.
<S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
<S3> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 234.
<S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Kings Lynn.
<S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 15.
<S6> SNF88239 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996.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-2, No. 17.
<S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 23076.

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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King's Lynn (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 22 2020 1:26PM