NHER 7703 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic retouched flint flake

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Summary

In 1969 a Palaeolithic retouched flint flake was recovered from a gravel quarry at this location.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG11NW
Civil Parish GREAT WITCHINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1969. Stray Find.
Recovered from gravel in new pits at Lenwade:
1 Palaeolithic flint flake. Retouch on edges. Information from (S1) (see sketch on reverse).
This discovery was first reported in (S2) and subsequently noted in (S3), where it is described simply as a primary flake. It is also listed in (S4) and (S5), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2014.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 11 NW 13.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic. Great Witchingham (Lenwade).
  • <S2> Serial: 1969. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1969. No 16. p 11.
  • <S3> Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 55.
  • <S4> Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-2, No.6.
  • <S5> Website: TERPS online database. Site 22578.
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Record last edited

Jun 2 2016 4:20PM

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