Record ID: NMS-7417D5
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude, hard hammer struck handaxe, of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type D, in rolled condition with the high point to the dorsal face (with two patches of weathered white cortex) quite battered with incipient hertzian cones. The damaged areas to the edges show the flint was originally mid-grey with pale inclusions, the old surfaces are now thinly patinated orange/brown. The ventral face has no trace of the original blank this was made from; the flake scars overlap at the mid-point, there are two sub-circular voids in the flint, these are most likely casts of marine fauna from the Upper Cretaceo…
Created on: Monday 13th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-7324F3
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, very lightly rolled sub-cordate handaxe, of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type E/G, of good quality black flint with paler grey coarse inclusions to the dorsal face, the ventral face has more inclusions and a mottled effect as it is further within the interior of the core, closer to the inferior quality flint. The dorsal face is lightly patinated around the high points of the flake scars, this is almost absent to the ventral. The butt (butt type a) is cortical, this is thin, weathered and grey in appearance, again to the dorsal only. The blank for this was either a primary struck thick fl…
Created on: Monday 13th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-72C36B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Single edged segmental “chopping” tool of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type L, of thinly orange patinated mottled grey to black flint, now in slightly rolled condition with losses to the high points of the flake scars and the thinner edges. All flakes appear to be hard hammer struck; two small patches of cortex remain to the thicker edge opposing the cutting edge. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 250,000 BC, probably of the earlier date given the site.
Created on: Monday 13th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th September 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-64DD47
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic ovate flint handaxe. Orange chert, stained and abraded from its burial environment. Both faces retain areas of cortex, and one face retains a prominent raised lump which has not been removed through knapping. Thickness (max): 42mm.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-4BEDE2
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Semi-bifacial core or crude chopper, all flakes are hard hammer struck from a naturally broken section of an oval sectioned nodule of flint, the cortex extant is weathered and mottled light grey/ brown, the flake scars are patinated orange with the black of the flint below showing through in places, the high points to the flake scars are abraded and rolled, appearing almost white. One face has four flake scars, the other has two to three, the latter may represent flakes taken from this face as platform preparation for the flakes to the other face. The lateral break has been utilised a…
Created on: Monday 29th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-4B954D
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hard hammer struck secondary flake, of unpatinated mottled dark grey flint with a small patch of thin, worn cortex extant to the distal end of the dorsal face, All thin edges are damaged (?recently), otherwise the flake is in fresh condition. No faceting noted to platform. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 250,000 BC, probably of the earlier date given if proven to be intentionally worked.
Created on: Monday 29th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-0FE87E
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible semi-discoidal core or crude chopper, now patinated orange with brown cortex extant to both faces, the high points to the flake scars are rolled and now appear white, recent edge damage shows the original colour of the flint to have been black/dark grey. The concave face has some possibly intentional flake scars, though at least one appears to be natural with exaggerated fissures to the surface, the other, more convex face appears to be more convincingly worked, though only a few flakes have been removed. The broad notch (c. 28 mm wide) to one side may be intentional. …
Created on: Friday 26th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-0F653F
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Extraordinarily crude and thick butted handaxe of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type D, hard hammer struck with only a few large flake removals to form the point (point type v) and a single sinuous cutting edge. The butt is corticated (butt type a), very iron oxide stained weathered and water worn, the flake scars are patinated orange with the high points in rolled condition and now appearing an off-white colour, recent edge damage shows the original colour of the flint to have been light grey. The face with the smaller amount of cortex extant has a large natural flake scar with exaggerated fiss…
Created on: Friday 26th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-FA9716
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete sub-cordate handaxe, in lightly rolled condition, of Wymer, J.J. (1999) Type G with an asymmetric butt, this is largely due to an old, natural flake scar in the blank and a thermal fracture to one face of the butt, the knapper decided not to modify it further and left the latter as a continuation of one of the cutting edges. All flake scars appear to be soft hammer struck with flakes terminating well into each other at, and in some cases beyond the centreline of the faces. The flint is black with small, brown speckles of inclusions within the matrix, there is a large coarse i…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-FA084E
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete small handaxe, in very fresh condition, of Wymer, J.J. (1999) Type E, of the typical glossy black patination the laminated silts at Happisburgh produce, usually making the flint look better quality than it actually is, there are several patches of cortex extant to the butt and the dorsal face, this is thin and weathered, with incipient hertzian cones and small linier thermal (frost) fractures that where already within the surface of the flint at the point of knapping, these have affected the terminations of the flake scars to this face. The ventral face has only a few flake sc…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-F9B4FA
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete slightly rolled sub-cordate handaxe of Wymer, J.J. (1999) Type G, of orange/tan patinated flint, the edges are recently damaged in places showing the original colour of the flint to have been dark grey with paler grey coarse inclusions. One face retains a small central patch of weathered cortex, the other face has an angular thermal (frost) fracture towards the (type b) butt, this may indicate the “blank” for this to have been a large “potlid” fracture, cortical to the dorsal face. All flake scars are semi-soft hammer struck and confidently knapped, considering the bl…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-D1D5D9
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small complete single edged handaxe of Wymer, J.J (1999) type E, seemingly knapped from a large plano-convex sectioned primary flake, a section of the ripples from this blank remain to the butt end of the flatter face, the thin, worn grey cortex extant to the convex face is larger than the flatter face (butt type a), this must have been a projection from the parent nodule removed by the blank flake, the end of which seems to have broken off before modification. The knapped areas are unpatinated but glossy, of black to mid-grey flint with paler grey coarse inclusions, all flake scars a…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-D104F2
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rolled large sub-cordate handaxe of Wymer, J.J (1999) type G, of orange/brown grading to dark grey patination, the edges have extensive recent damage showing the original colour of the flint to have been mottled light grey, irregular and lumpen cortex remains to both faces towards the butt, this also grades from white to orange and light grey, this shows that the blank for this was a flattish nodule. All flake scars appear to be semi-hard hammer struck, well knapped with the flakes terminating far into the surface and overlapping at the middle of each face, some far into the other sid…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-D0212E
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete, crude handaxe, possibly could be classified as a Wymer, J.J. (1999) type D, hard hammer struck from a sub-sausage shaped nodule of flint with much of the butt (butt type a) unworked and cortical, this cortex is off-white with buff patination and one face is stained dark grey, there are several small voids and inclusions in this surface. The point (type v, no tranchet flake) is simply bifacially knapped from the sides and the point to form the cutting edges, c. six to eight flakes struck from each face. There is a projection to one face in the cortex, this has been reduced by…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-CE5284
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small cordate handaxe of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type E/J, of patinated mottled grey and matt brown flint with recent edge damage unusually showing as an orange colour, The flake scars appear to be hard hammer struck with one side flatter than the other, this may be due to the blank for this being a potlid (thermal/frost) fracture of a similar plano-convex profile to start with, the more convex face has thermal flaw running in an arc across it, towards the butt (butt type b), this appears to be post-depositional as the flakes are not impeded by the flaw, there is no tranchet removal to the…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-CE1D16
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, sub-triangular hard hammer struck flake, of slightly rolled black flint with some lighter inclusions towards the proximal end, the platform is quite small with the bulb struck on the extreme side of it. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 250,000 BC, though given the site, probably of the earlier date given.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-CDDA36
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete and quite large sub-cordate handaxe of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type G, of black flint with a few small light grey inclusions. The blank for this was a water worn, thinly corticated flattish nodule of flint with a naturally broken edge, these surfaces remain to the butt (butt type a). All flake scars appear to be semi-soft hammer struck with overlaps at the centre line of both faces, effectively thinning and shaping the handaxe. The point has a large tranchet removal (point type vi), both lateral edges are relatively straight (edge type e). Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 250,…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-CD8619
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete pointed handaxe of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type F, of orange patinated flint, abrasion to the high points of the flake scars are paler, giving a highlighted effect, the lateral edges are recently damaged showing the original colour of the flint to have been mid-grey. All flake scars appear to be hard hammer struck. Both cutting edges are straight (edge type e) and there is no tranchet removal to the point (point type v). Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 250,000 BC, though given the site, probably of the earlier date given.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-CD4961
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cordate handaxe of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type J, of black flint with pale grey coarse inclusions, two of which are large and slightly hackly in texture, parts of the surface have faint off-white patination, especially to the high points of the flake scars. The surface has been entirely modified by invasive, semi-soft hammer struck flake scars that overlap at the centre of each face, effectively thinning the tool. No trace of the “blank” remain except maybe one 90-degree edge at the bottom of the butt. Both lateral edges are relatively straight (edge type e) and the face with…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: SUR-3A352A
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flake or scraper made from a secondary nodule flake of dark grey to black flint and of suspected Paleolithic date. The dorsal surface retains around 3/4 of its grey cortex but has clear retouchwed removals around the edge on three sides. The ventral surface has a clear bulb of percussion with damage from tumbling.
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.