NHER 60004 (Find Spot record) - Incomplete Palaeolithic flint handaxe

Unstratified finds recovered from this section of the beach at Sidestrand.

Pre August 2009. Stray Find.
Found among shingle between the cliff base and the breakwater revetment (Context 1):
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe (incomplete). Butt end of a large, fairly thin handaxe, probably an ovate. Edges relatively sharp. The general characteristics differ from those of most of the previous beach finds, suggesting this may be derived from a cliff-top deposit.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2009.261) but apparently not initially reported to the NHER.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), August 2009. See description in file.

It should be noted that the grid reference listed for this findspot places it much further out to sea than the position suggested by the above description. It has been though been assumed that the grid reference is nevertheless a reasonable indication of how far along the beach this object was found.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 March 2014.

IND26112025JG1 - PAS details awaited. [1].
Expanded. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2026.