NHER 8343 (Find Spot record) - Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blade core
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LESSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Pre 1944. Stray Find.
Found by D. Baden-Powell 1ft [30cm] down in top boulder clay 700 yards [640m] north-west of North Gap, Eccles:
1 Upper Palaeolithic elongated flint core. Striking platform at each end. Donated to Ipswich Museum.
Information from (S1).
This object was described and figured in (S2), which records it as having been recovered from Hessle Boulder Clay exposed in a cliff section near Happisburgh. It is listed in (S3) as a Late Upper Palaeolithic two-opposed platform blade core (c. 125mm long) and is described in (S4). This object is also listed in a catalogue compiled by N. Barton (Donald Baden-Powell Quaternary Research Centre, Oxford); see copy in file (from British Museum Wymer Archive).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 2014.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF92203 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Upper Palaeolithic.
- <S2> SNF2085 Article in Serial: Baden-Powell, D. F. W. and Moir, J. Reid. 1944. On the Occurrence of Hessle Boulder Clay at Happisburgh, Norfolk, containing a Flint Core. Geological Magazine. Vol LXXXI No 5 pp 207-215. p 213.
- <S3> SNF88036 Article in Serial: Robins, P. and Wymer, J. 2006. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Long Blade) Industries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 86-95. p 94.
- <S4> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 195.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- BLADE CORE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
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Record last edited
Nov 13 2014 3:43PM