NHER 8051 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Palaeolithic flint handaxe (Wroxham, poorly located)

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Summary

It is recorded that in 1973 a large Palaeolithic flint pointed handaxe was recovered in the parish of Wroxham, although the exact findspot is not known.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	WROXHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

1973. Stray Find.
From Wroxham, findspot and circumstances of discovery unknown:
1 Palaeolithic large flint "Acheulian" pointed handaxe. See drawing (S1). Information from (S2).
This find was first reported in (S3) and is briefly described on (S4) and in (S5). It is also noted in (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2014.

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 21 NE 18.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF79877 Illustration: Clough, T. 1973. Drawing of a large flint Palaeolithic pointed handaxe from Wroxham. Card. 1:1.
<S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
<S3> SNF2476 Serial: 1973. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1973. No 20. p 15.
<S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Wroxham.
<S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 59.
<S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. B&A-1, No.4.
<S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22527.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

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

Object Types (1)

HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Record last edited

Jun 16 2016 10:24AM