NHER 8401 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic flint handaxe, near Horsey beach
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORSEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1967. Stray Find.
Found on beach near path across dune:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe of iron stained flint with subsequent flakes removed (presumably by battering). Donated to Dover Museum. See sketch (S1).
Information from (S2).
This discovery was first reported in (S3) and is described in (S4) as ovate, Wymer Type K e/v and 15cm long. Also noted on (S5) and in (S6), (S7) and (S8) although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2014.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80158 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1969. Sketch of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Horsey. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF2413 Serial: 1969. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1969. No 16. p 6.
- <S4> SNF2850 Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 36.
- <S5> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Horsey (No 5).
- <S6> SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 8 (East Anglian Rivers) and 11 (Trent Drainage). Wessex Archaeology. p 50.
- <S7> SNF88238 Website: TERPS online database. Site 22550.
- <S8> 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.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 7 2016 11:57AM