Record ID: NMS-5676CC
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Segmental “chopping” tool/handaxe in slightly rolled condition with minor loss to the thin edges and the high points of the flake scars, of dark, slightly mottled flint now patinated black/brown colour. Best classified as Wymer (1999) type L, opportunistically knapped from an unusual choice of blank; an incomplete nodule with one flatter end, now bifacially knapped to a conventional lenticular section, the other end is of triangular section, forming an almost pointed, blunt “handle”. Two patches of thin, worn grey cortex remain between the flake scars, one to th…
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-430961
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three irregularly shaped, amorphous pieces of copper alloy casting waste with green patination, small iron encrustations and dark grey inclusions, all are complete with no cuts/breaks, one found by itself, the smaller two found together, distance between the two find spots approx. 200 metres apart. The largest of the three, slightly flattened and sub-discoidal, though very irregular surfaces to both faces and edges, no indication of being an ingot of any recognisable type nor one side flatter than the other. 74 x 68 x 24.5 mm, 273g. Also very amorphous, though there is some structu…
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9A6762
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, from a single platform core: - of unpatinated light grey mottled flint, a small patch of thin, cortex remains to the distal end of the dorsal face. Both lateral edges are either finely use worn or slightly damaged, otherwise they are without steep retouch, the platform is heavily trimmed to the dorsal face before this flake was detached from the core; with five main previous flake removals to this face. Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, 4,000 to 1,500 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Last updated: Saturday 9th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-1C6F9B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small cordate/sub cordate, of Wymer (1999) type E/D/J, of lightly rolled and slightly patinated black flint with paler grey inclusions, now a grey/brown colour, the damage to the point is a pronounced flake scar, this has a slightly matt surface compared to the glossy nature of the original worked surfaces, this is likely to be from being cast on to other flints and stones during bad weather by the sea, also this is the likely cause of the incipient hertzian cones that appear as small impact rings to both faces, both faces appear to be entirely modified by hard hammer struck flake scar…
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-36FAC8
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large, tertiary hard hammer struck flake, from a single platform core: - of pale greyish semi-translucent flint of good quality with pale patches of iron stains, mostly to the high points of the flake scars to the dorsal face, steep retouch to the one side and the distal end to form the main scraping edges, the opposing side has been blunted with fine retouch, though this is now slightly damaged. Early Noelithic, 4,000 to 3,000 BC.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-36C695
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small secondary, semi-hard hammer struck flake from a single platform core, of lightly pale grey patinated mottled grey flint, previous flake scars to the dorsal face have terminated in many small hinges, these were undercur by the removal of the main flake from the core. Slight edge damage to the thin edges, no retouch noted. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-BBD672
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible hard hammer struck secondary flake, of mottled grey and black flint now patinated slightly brown with misty beige patination to one end, the flake itself has been struck at a very awkward angle and has produced an unusual bulb of percussion. If it is humanly struck and not of natural process, it is likely to be contemporary with the other lithics from the Lower Palaeolithic at this site, c. 600,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-BBA71B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Semi-hard hammer struck “handaxe” or segmental chopper in lightly rolled condition, of Wymer’s type D/L. Black patinated flint with an old natural break now patinated misty beige, the flake scars cut into this earlier patination, the flaking has achieved a point and a crude, curved zig zag cutting edge for half of the length, the rest of this is cortical. Wonderfully rough but serviceable. Lower Palaeolithic, c. 600,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-BB1DD0
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Semi-hard hammer struck handaxe of very stout form being wider than it is long, of Wymer’s type E, these by definition are small handaxes less than 10 cm long made from an opportunistically found piece of surface flint, the knapping is usually (but not always, as in this case) is to form one good cutting edge; here, a very short nodule of good black flint with thin grey cortex was selected and the flake removals were concentrated to form two straight edges converging to a point, both lateral cutting edges and point in one. There are the remains of a Bryozoan colony to one face, t…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-BA9EA9
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hard hammer struck large handaxe rough-out in slightly rolled condition, broken obliquely in antiquity, probably during manufacture, there is a small void across the break that may have weakened the flint at this point. Of mottled flint, now patinated orange/brown and black with a patch of white chalky cortex to one side of what would eventually be intended as the butt or point, recent damage to the edges shows the flint was originally grey/black with a very large coarse inclusion to the middle. Lower Palaeolithic, c. 600,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-B9A3EC
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Semi-hard hammer struck miniature handaxe of Wymer’s type E, in slightly rolled condition: - of mottled grey flint now orange/brown patinated, the recent damage to the thin edges now show the original light to dark grey colour of the flint. one lateral edge has circa. 5 mm missing from the width, also recent sea damage. Although very small, it has had the effort put into it to further sharpen the point with a tranchet flake removal (point type vi). Other examples of miniature handaxes from this area are: NMS-F81FD1, NMS-0D00D4 and NMS-71AF1F  Lower Palaeolith…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-B982CB
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, semi-hard hammer struck handaxe of Wymer’s type E, in lightly rolled condition: - of mottled grey flint now orange/brown patinated, the recent damage to the thin edges now show the original colour of the flint. The cortex to the butt (butt type a) is predominately to one face, though there is a tiny patch to the other face between the flake scars, this may indicate this handaxe could have been made from a flattened cylindrical knob broken off from a larger, irregular nodule of flint, no tranchet flake scar to the point (point type v). Lower Palaeolithic, c. 600,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-B953EE
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, semi-hard hammer struck handaxe of Wymer's type E in slightly rolled condition: - of mottled grey flint now slightly brown patinated, Sub-trapezoidal plan with a pronounced plano-convex cross section, the dorsal face (convex) retains a patch of thin, weathered cortex to one side, this remains as there is a concavity in the cortex to this side, making flake removals awkward, the butt to this face is a natural thermal (frost) fractured surface, this appears dull and matt compared to the other flake scars around it. This face has a tranchet flake to the point to further sharpen…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-B84CA1
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude handaxe or handaxe rough-out, semi-hard hammer struck from a small, flattish nodule of black glossy flint with slightly different formations of cortex to each face, the dorsal face is whiter than the grey cortex to the ventral, both patches of cortex are thin and worn. The flint is flawed with a large white linier thermal crack to the dorsal face, the ventral has three chalky voids within the flint that have caused “potlids” (discoidal thermal fractures) to pop off the surface around them, the combination of these flaws may have been the reason the handaxe was unfinis…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-B7AB96
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, semi-hard hammer struck cordate handaxe in fresh condition, very slight blunting to the thin edges and some of the high points to the flake scars with a small amount of edge loss, most notably to the point, of Wymer’s type J, slightly asymmetrical plan form, it is of unpatinated glossy black with just one small patch of light grey cortex to the dorsal face on the butt (butt type b), both lateral cutting edges are relatively straight (edge type e), no tranchet flake removal to the point (point type v). Lower Palaeolithic, c. 600,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-B70CDE
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, hard hammer struck cordate handaxe in fresh condition, very slight blunting to the thin edges, of Wymer’s type J. The dorsal face retains two patches of thin, weathered white cortex between the semi-invasive flake scars, the flint is of good quality black with no patination, the ventral face is similarly knapped, but of lesser quality, with lighter mottles within the flint, it is also slightly patinated brown.  The original surface of the “potlid” or thermal fracture this handaxe was made from is still unmodified, now a shade darker brown than the flake sc…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-3C46BB
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, hard hammer struck handaxe, in heavily rolled condition; the high points to the flake scars and the thin edges are now rounded and abraded: - of Wymer's type D, of grey and black mottled flint now patinated dark brown. No tranchet flake scar to the rounded point noted to further sharpen it (point type v), no cortex extant to the butt (butt type b) or to either of the faces. Lower Palaeolithic, circa. 600,000 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3BF1AC
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude and small hard hammer struck handaxe in lightly rolled condition with recent losses to the thin edges, of Wymer’s type D, Thin, weathered grey cortex to the dorsal face and to one side of the butt, most of the flaking is to the ventral face, these overlap neatly, though the dorsal face has a linier frost flaw at an angle to the point, causing the flake scar at this point to drop short in a step fracture after hitting this, this step has recently been colonised by marine Bryozoa, the remains of the cellular structure is adhered to the hollow. Apart from the thin point, …
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-3B7ECA
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Asymmetric, hard hammer struck handaxe in lightly rolled condition with recent losses to the thin edges, of Wymer’s type D, lightly patinated orange/brown with the original colour of the mottled grey flint showing through, thin, weathered grey cortex remains to the dorsal face, the steeper of the two lateral edges has a row of hinge flakes where the angles were obtuse and problematic, the ventral face is very thick, attempts to thin it have failed to some degree, leaving the thick part as an island with hinge terminations to three sides where they have dropped short. There is a s…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-3AB9B8
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large, lightly rolled cleaver-like handaxe, but without the tranchet flake removal to form the broad point, in lightly rolled condition, only very lightly patinated brown to the coarse inclusions, otherwise it is of good quality back/dark grey flint. Two patches of worn, off-white cortex remain to each lateral edge indicating the “blank” for this was an elongated flattish nodule of flint little wider than the finished handaxe, all flake scars are semi-hard hammer and confidently struck with good flake terminations, there is a natural circular hole to the broad point, this i…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
No spatial data available.