Find Spot record 4046/0/0 - Unstratified Palaeolithic Find

A Palaeolithic flint handaxe was found prior to 1953. The locality of where the handaxe was discovered is unclear.

{1} Find made pre 1953 of a Palaeolithic flint hand axe; possibly not from Corby?

{4} Hand-axe from SP880885.

{5} Palaeolithic handaxe said to have been found at Corby. In possession of Mrs. Christie, Longcroft, Alderton, Nr. Towcester. `Doubtful' {7}. Found before 1953. A handaxe of black flint, unrolled. Location not certain{1}.

{6} An interview with Mrs Christie suggested that the axe was found elsewhere and not at Corby.

<1> Northampton Museum Records, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN126.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP88NE8 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.23 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<4> Wymer J., 1996, The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project, The Great Ouse Drainage and The Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds, p.66 (part checked) (Report). SNN76389.

<5> Woodhouse, W C, 1960, Field Investigators Comments, Recorder WCW 07-JUN-1960 (Note). SNN113151.

<6> Woodhouse, W C, 1960, Field Investigators Comments, F1 WCW 07-JUN-1960 (Note). SNN113151.

<7> Annotated Record Map, Northampton Museum 6" (A Whitcomb, 1959) (Map). SNN112961.

<8> ORAL REPORT, Oral: Miss Whitcomb, Archaeol Assistant, Northampton Museum (Oral Report). SNN53287.

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Apr 25 2022 1:53PM