NHER 10673 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ELLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Around 1944. Stray Find.
Found in Ellingham Park by [1]:
1 Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe. "Acheulean (Group III)". Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1944.128).
Information from (S1).
Listed in (S2) and described on (S3) and in (S4) as pointed, in sharp condition and only slightly stained and patinated. This find is also noted in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 February 2014.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- 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. p 230.
- <S3> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Ellingham (Ellingham Park).
- <S4> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 71.
- <S5> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. WNY-2, No.11.
- <S6> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22704.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 150001 BC)
Related NHER Records (1)
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Record last edited
Feb 29 2016 12:27PM