NHER 6177 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint flake and Roman ceramic vessel
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG04NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CLEY NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1934. Stray Find.
Found on Cley beach by A. Q. Watson:
1 Palaeolithic ochreous flint flake. Clactonian Group II. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1953.177.8). Information from (S1).
This unmodified flake is listed in (S2) and noted on (S3) and in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 July 2014.
January 1982. Stray Find.
On beach in patch of clay partly eroded by sea, at same site as 1934 find (but only approximately as shown to KLM on a 1in Ordance Survey map (S5)):
1 Roman small vase of coarse greyware, 4.8cm high, 3.7cm maximum diameter. Everted rim, part missing. Side of vase has surface partially worn down by sea action.
Seen at King's Lynn Museum on 19 January 1982. See copy of sketch in file (S6).
Identified and compiled by R. Trett (KLM), 19 January 1982.
Information from (S7).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 July 2014.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <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 229.
- <S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Colby (2).
- <S4> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 19.
- <S5> SNF58414 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1 inch map.
- <S6> SNF91902 Illustration: [King's Lynn Museum staff]. 1982. Sketch of a Roman small greyware pottery vase. Paper. 1:1.
- <S7> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 6 2016 8:22PM