NHER 59999 (Find Spot record) - Broken Palaeolithic flint handaxe and Mesolithic and later prehistoric worked flints
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL99SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOCKHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Pre December 1992. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] at TL 928 930:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe fragment (tip). See sketch (S1).
17 prehistoric worked flints, including 2 end scrapers on blades, 1 side scraper, 1 'horseshoe' scraper, 1 notched flake, 1 blade core fragment, 1 rough single-platform core, 3 core platforms, 5 blades and 3 flakes.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum and accessioned in 1998 (NWHCM : 1998.407.13). The drawing of the handaxe fragment was produced by P. Robins (NCM) in 1992 and a copy was found at the NCM in 2014. The museum's records suggest that at least some of the other finds were identified as Mesolithic.
It appears that these were previously unreported finds, although handaxe fragment is noted in (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 7 March 2014.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (10)
- CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- END SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- NOTCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SIDE SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC?)
- BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC?)
- END SCRAPER (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC?)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 13 2022 9:00AM