NHER 38126 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic handaxes
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF71SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EAST WINCH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
After 1967. Stray Find.
Palaeolithic objects found at this location:
1 Palaeolithic pointed flint handaxe. See drawing (S1).
1 fragment of a pointed Palaeolithic flint handaxe.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file. Both held by NCM (NWHCM : 2003.59.1; NWHCM : 2003.59.2).
Part of a much larger collection of material from the lands of Park Farm, although it is only these two pieces that have specific findspots recorded. See NHER 38125 for further information on the other finds in this collection. These discoveries were reported in (S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 March 2003. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 November 2013.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF75990 Illustration: Robins, P. 2003. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from East Winch. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF88007 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2003. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk in 2003. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 563-573. p 564.
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
Mar 4 2016 2:23PM