NHER 6509 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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Summary
A Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found near Hempstead Hall in 1966.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG03NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEMPSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1966. Stray Find.
Found about 450 yds [411m] north-east of Hempstead Hall:
1 Palaeolithic large, rough, Acheulean flint handaxe. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2).
This discovery was first reported in (S3). The handaxe is also noted on (S4) and in (S5), (S6) and (S7) although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 July 2014.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80132 Illustration: Milligan, W. 1966. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Hempstead. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF2375 Serial: 1966. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1966. No 13. p 4.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Hempstead.
- <S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 19.
- <S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. CR-2, No.1.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22443.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 27 2018 3:32PM