NHER 8341 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint Levallois flake, Lessingham (Eccles) beach

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Summary

A Palaeolithic flint Levallois flake was picked up on the beach here in 1960.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG42NW
Civil Parish LESSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Unstratified finds recovered on the section of Lessingham (Eccles) beach from Seaside Lane access ramp to Seabreeze Campsite access.

October 1960. Stray Find.
Found on beach:
1 Palaeolithic flint Levallois flake. [1]. See drawing (S1). [2]. Information from (S2).
This find was first reported in (S3) and it was subsequently listed in (S4) (in which the provenance is given as "Eccles"). It is also noted in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 2014.

Site extended to the the section of Lessingham (Eccles) beach from Seaside Lane access ramp to Seabreeze Campsite access. Previous extent mapped at [3].

January-March 2014. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

July-September 2014. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

October-December 2014. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

January-March 2015. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

April-June 2015. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

July-September 2015. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

October-December 2015. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

January-March 2016. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

April-June 2016. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

July-September 2016. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

October-December 2016. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

January-March 2017. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1960. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint Levallois flake from Lessingham. Card. 1:1.
  • <S2> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
  • <S3> Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 3.
  • <S4> Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8.
  • <S5> Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 50.
  • <S6> Website: TERPS online database. Site 22560.
  • LEVALLOIS FLAKE (Middle Palaeolithic - 150000 BC? to 40001 BC)

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Record last edited

Dec 10 2020 3:52PM

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