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1884.122.23

Stone implement

1884.122.23

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone implement
Long description
Flint implement, possibly an axe, with orange-brown, yellowish brown nd dark brown patina covering all surfaces. Previously broken and repaired. [CG [Excav. PR] 06/09/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Norfolk Breckland Weeting-with-Broomhill Broomhill Gravel Pit
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected
By 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Repaired (local)
Dimensions
Thick: max 21 mm, Width: max 85 mm, Length: max 104 mm, Weight 247 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.122.23
Research and responses

This is probably Weeting-with-Broomhill which is in the valley of the Little Ouse, just north of Brandon in Norfolk. No Broomhill is listed in that county [AP 16/08/2006]

Associated publications
Flower, J.W. 1867. 'On some flint implements lately found in the Valley of the Little Ouse River at Thetford, Norfolk' Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 23:45–53 http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/content/23/1-2/45.full.pdf [Dan Hicks 05/11/2014] Flower, J. W. 1869a. On the distribution of flint implements in the drift with reference to some recent discoveries in Norfolk and Suffolk. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 25: 272-273. http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/content/25/1-2/272.full.pdf [Dan Hicks 05/11/2014] Flower, J.W. 1869b. 'On some recent discoveries of flint implements of the Drift of Norfolk and Suffolk, with observations on the theories accounting for their distribution' Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 25:449-460. http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/content/25/1-2/449.full.pdf [Dan Hicks 05/11/2014]

Search terms: Tool, Axe

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