NHER 8402 (Find Spot record) - 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].
1972. Stray Find.
Picked up on beach by [1] at approximately [2]:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. Dark brown flint with black patina. Not rolled, but damaged along edge. Possibly from off-shore peat? See sketch (S1). Information from (S2).
First reported in (S3) and described in (S4) as a rolled cordate handaxe, Wymer Type J e/v, 11cm long. Also noted on (S5) and in (S6), (S7) and (S8) although no additonal information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2014.
2009. Stray Find.
Found on beach at approximately [3]:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. See drawing (S9).
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 (11)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80159 Illustration: Clough, T. 1972. Sketch of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Horsey. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S3> SNF2462 Serial: 1972. Council for British Archaeology, Group 7: Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1972. No 19. p 5.
- <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 1).
- <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 SNF3009 Unpublished Contractor Report: 1997.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 22552.
- <S8> SNF80160 Illustration: Robins, P. 2009. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Horsey. Paper. 1:1.
- <S9> 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 (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
Feb 13 2020 11:02AM