NHER 52939 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic worked flints, Happisburgh beach
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG33SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Unstratified artefacts recovered on the section of Happisburgh beach between the start of the concrete sea wall behind Doggett's Lane and Cart Gap.
Before 12 March 2009. Stray Find.
Found on the beach surface, north-west of Cart Gap in area centred [1] (Context 1):
1 Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe. Sub-triangular, in glossy grey flint. Heavily rolled. See drawings (S1) and (S2).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file.
E. Darch, (NLA), 20 July 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 July 2014.
July-September 2016. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [2].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
January-March 2017. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [2].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
7 June 2018. Stray find. [3].
Objects found on foreshore by [4]:
2 Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxes.
Information from PAS import.
These finds were previously recorded under NHER 63175.
P. Watkins (HES), 28 March 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 September 2019.
October-December 2018. Stray Find. [5].
Found on foreshore by [6]:
1 Lower Palaeolithic flint flake.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
January-October 2019. Stray Find. [7].
Found on foreshore by [8], "in situ in the laminated silts from Happisburgh Site 1 [NHER 35385]" [9].
1 Lower Palaeolithic flint flake.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 16 March 2017.
June 2019-June 2020. Stray Find. [15].
Found on foreshore by [16]:
1 Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 March 2024.
Before 25 March 2021. Stray Find. [10].
Found by [11] in vicinity of Cart Gap [12]:
1 Lower/Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxe.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 March 2023.
January 2022. Stray Find. [13].
Found on foreshore by [14]:
1 ?Lower Palaeolithic flint ?handaxe.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 October 2023.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF82480 Illustration: Robins, P. 2009. Drawing of a Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Happisburgh. Find Illustration. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF81873 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2011. Drawing of a Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Happisburgh. Film. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (8)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 500001 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250000 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 180000 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 19 2024 12:36AM