NHER 60002 (Find Spot record) - ?Palaeolithic (or Neolithic) flint cleaver

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Summary

At some time prior to February 1993 a Palaeolithic or Neolithic flint cleaver was recovered at this location. Although this site is now a gravel quarry it is not known whether this object was found before or after the pit was opened.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20NE
Civil Parish	TROWSE WITH NEWTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Pre February 1993. Stray Find.
Found at TG 2553 0773:
1 ?Palaeolithic (or Neolithic) flint implement roughout, possibly a cleaver. Unpatinated and sharp. See drawing (S1). Subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2001.168.2).
The drawing of this object was produced by P. Robins (NCM) in 1993 and a copy was found at the NCM in 2014. Unfortunately a full written description could not be located, although a number of notes had been added to the drawing.

The grid reference listed places this find in what is now a large gravel quarry, although it is possible that it had been recovered before the pit opened (at some time after 1988).
P. Watkins (HES), 7 March 2014.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF90840 Illustration: Robins, P. 1993. Drawing of a ?Palaeolithic (or Neolithic) flint cleaver from Trowse with Newton. Paper. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Neolithic - 1000000 BC? to 2351 BC?)

Object Types (1)

CLEAVER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Neolithic - 1000000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 7 2014 3:05PM