NHER 14871 (Find Spot record) - Lower/Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxes, Horsey beach
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORSEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
DO NOT ADD FINDS TO THIS RECORD. See [4].
?1979. Stray Find.
Found on sand, on high-water mark north of Horsey Gap by [1], at approximately [2]:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. Cordate, straight-edged, middle/late Acheulian. In dark brown-dark grey mottled flint. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1981.422). See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2).
Described in (S3) as a beach-rolled thick ovate, Wymer Type K e/v, 11cm long. Also noted on (S4) and in (S5), (S6) and (S7), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2014.
Pre August 2009. Stray Find.
Found on beach at approximately [3]:
1 Palaeolithic small pointed ovate flint handaxe. See drawing (S8).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM). See description and map in file.
E. Darch, (NLA), 19 August 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2014.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80208 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1979. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Horsey. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 36.
- <S4> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Horsey (No 3).
- <S5> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 50.
- <S6> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22549.
- <S7> SNF81597 Article in Serial: Robins, P., Wymer, J. J. and Parfitt, S. 2008. Handaxe Finds on the Norfolk Beaches. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt III pp 412-415. p 415.
- <S8> SNF80209 Illustration: Robins, P. 2009. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Horsey. Paper. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
May 3 2023 7:54AM