NHER 13315 (Find Spot record) - Late Upper Palaeolithic flint long blade

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Summary

A Late Upper Palaeoliothic flint long blade was found at this location in 1949.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG12NE
Civil Parish AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1949. Stray Find.
Found in "Keeper's Field at Woodgate" (location of field indicated by owner of Woodgate Hall to E. Rose (NAU), 21 March 1978):
1 prehistoric flint long blade. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2008.200; retrospective accession). Information from (S1).

Although noted in (S2), this object is listed in (S3) as a Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blade (123mm long). The blade was examined by R. Jacobi who also identified it as Upper Palaeolithic; see detailed description in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 May 2014.

  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 12 NE 15b.
  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S2> Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 204.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Robins, P. and Wymer, J. 2006. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Long Blade) Industries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 86-95. p 93.
  • <S4> Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 217.
  • BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2022 2:04PM

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