NHER 8369 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic finds, Happisburgh/Lessingham beach
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | LESSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Unstratified artefacts recovered on the section of Happisburgh/Lessingham beach between Cart Gap and the end of Seaside Lane.
1975. Stray Find.
Found by [1] at high water line (but not marked as such on map) at approximately [2]:
1 Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe, heavily rolled and polished. See sketch (S1) and drawing (S9). Information from (S2) and from PAS import.
This discovery was first reported in (S3).
The handaxe is also noted on (S4) and in (S5), (S6), (S7) and (S8), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 2014, A. Beckham (HES), 1 May 2016, and E. McDonald (HES), 18 August 2018.
July-September 2016. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [3].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
January 2019. Stray find. [4].
Lower Palaeolithic small, rolled, and abraded handaxe of Wymer's type E.
Information from PAS import.
This object was previously recorded under NHER 63189.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 November 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 10 January 2020.
Before November 2021. Stray Find. [5].
Found on foreshore:
Lower/Middle Palaeolithic retouched flint flake.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023.
Before 18 January 2024. Stray Find. [5].
Neolithic/Bronze Age (or possibly earlier) flint scraper.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2024.
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF79900 Illustration: Gregory, T. 1975. Sketch of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Lessingham. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF2517 Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 9.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Lessingham (Eccles).
- <S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 35.
- <S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 50.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22557.
- <S8> SNF81597 Article in Serial: Robins, P., Wymer, J. J. and Parfitt, S. 2008. Handaxe Finds on the Norfolk Beaches. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt III pp 412-415. p 415.
- <S9> SNF100681 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2016. Drawing of a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (4)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic - 800000 BC to 10001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 801 BC)
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Record last edited
Aug 23 2024 3:50AM