NHER 9303 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Palaeolithic flint flake and core, Bowthorpe (Norwich, poorly located)

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Summary

A Palaeolithic flint flake and a core were recovered in the Bowthorpe area (now part of Norwich) during the early 20th century. Although the precise provenance of these finds is not known it is possibly that they were recovered from gravel deposits exposed in the vicinity of the River Yare.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Pre 1924. Stray Find.
Found by H. H. Halls at unknown location in Bowthorpe area (finder's Site 9):
1 Palaeolithic flint flake and 1 core. Both ocherous in colour. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum
(NWHCM : 1924.83.9). Information from (S1).

These finds are listed in (S2) and noted on (S3). The flake is described in (S4) as stained and rolled. As Wymer notes in (S4), these finds were mostly likely recovered from a gravel extraction site near the River Yare.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2014.]

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
<S2> SNF7911 Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. pp 236-237.
<S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Norwich (Bowthorpe).
<S4> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 60.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

Object Types (2)

CORE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2016 11:56AM