NHER 59574 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced ?Palaeolithic retouched flake, Mundford Road (Thetford, poorly located)

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Summary

The Thetford Museum holds a retouched flint flake of possible Palaeolithic date and an unmodified Palaeolithic flake that are both recorded as having been found somewhere on Mundford Road during the 1920s and 1930s. The exact location of these finds is not known, although it is possible that they were recovered from the Waterworks Pit (NHER 59573), which is known to have produced Palaeolithic material around this time.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

1930s. Stray Find.
The Thetford Museum holds a retouched flint flake of possible Palaeolithic date that is recorded as having been found somewhere on Mundford Road, most likely during the 1930s (THEHM : 1979.100.4). This object is described as a rectangular flake with working on both sides. It is labelled as a ?Palaeolithic axe, although the museum's records state that it is perhaps tending towards a knife.

It is possible that this object was recovered from the Waterworks Pit on Mundford Road, which is known to have produced at least one Palaeolithic implement around this time (NHER 59573).

P. Watkins (HES), 27 June 2013.

Associated Sources (0)

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC? to 40001 BC?)

Object Types (1)

RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC? to 40001 BC?)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2016 12:05PM