NHER 10097 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or later quartzite pebble macehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM29NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SAXLINGHAM NETHERGATE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1964. Stray Find.
Found on surface of field near a pond or pit filled with water (about 110yds [100m] southeast of Wood House Farm):
1 prehistoric perforated pebble macehead with hour-glass perforation. Quartzite (petrology N.71) - see (S1). Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1964.426). See drawing (S2). Information from (S3). This discovery was first reported in (S4) and the macehead is also listed in (S5). Objects of this type are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 November 2014.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 29 NW 24.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF2471 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.
- <S2> SNF90728 Illustration: Milligan, W. 1964. Drawing of a Mesolithic or later quartzite pebble macehead from Saxlingham Nethergate.. Card. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Saxlingham.
- <S4> SNF2359 Serial: 1964. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1964. No 11. p 5.
- <S5> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 212.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 19 2016 11:54AM