NHER 8357 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced ?Palaeolithic flint flake and post-medieval buckle, Waxham beach (Sea Palling, poorly located)

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Summary

In 1937 a small peat-stained flint flake was recovered from a Cromer Forest Bed deposit exposed on the beach at Waxham. This object is potentially Palaeolithic.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish SEA PALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

30 June 1937. Stray Find.
Found by A. Q. Watson in Cromer Forest Bed deposit on Waxham Beach:
1 ?Palaeolithic peat-stained flint flake from beach. This discovery was reported at a meeting of the Norfolk Research Committee (S1) and the object itself was donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1953.177.37).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 September 2014.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1938. Eastern Daily Press. 23 June.
  • <S2> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Sea Palling (Waxham).
  • FLAKE (Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC? to 10001 BC?)

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Record last edited

Mar 7 2026 1:43AM

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