NHER 8558 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe, former Martham Railway Station

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Summary

A Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found in the yard of Martham Station in 1969. The provenance of this object is uncertain as the yard contained dumps of stone that had been brought in from elsewhere.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG41NE
Civil Parish	MARTHAM, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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1969. Stray Find.
Found lying on top of ground in station yard:
1 Palaeolithic flint ovate handaxe. See drawing (S1).
Provenance uncertain as loads of stone had been dumped here from Frettenham stone pit (? the chalk pit). Also holes dug in area. Information from (S2).
This discovery was first reported in (S3). It is also noted on (S4) and in (S5), (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 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 41 NE 15.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF79916 Illustration: Beaty, S. 1969. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Martham. Card. 1:1.
<S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
<S3> SNF2413 Serial: 1969. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1969. No 16. p 7.
<S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Martham.
<S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 71.
<S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 49.
<S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22537.

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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Martham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jun 21 2016 12:03PM