NHER 9398 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe

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Summary

In 1975 a Palaeolithic flint handaxe was recovered from a field near the weir in the river. It may have been redeposited by the river or disturbed by the construction of the weir.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG10NE
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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1975. Stray Find.
Found near weir in north bank of river, about 2ft [60cm] below level of field:
1 Palaeolithic pointed S-twisted flint handaxe. See sketch (S1). Possibly redeposited by river, or disturbed during making of weir?
Information from (S2).
Discovery reported in (S3). This find is also noted on (S4) and in (S5), (S6) and (S7), although no additional information. Incorrectly listed as being from Colney in (S5).
E. Rose (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2014.

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 NE 39.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF79267 Illustration: Gregory, A. 1975. Sketch of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Bowthorpe (Norwich). 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 6.
<S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Norwich.
<S5> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 59.
<S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. W&Y-4, No.7.
<S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22626.

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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Record last edited

Jun 1 2016 10:32AM