NHER 10544 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric pebble macehead and ?medieval leather sheath

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Summary

A Mesolithic or later perforated quartzite pebble macehead and part of a ?medieval leather sheath were found during the excavation of foundations for a new bridge over the River Yare in the mid 19th century.

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Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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October 1850. Stray Find.
Found while digging for foundations of 'New' Haven Bridge; in bed of shingle 10' [3m] east of quayhead about 20' [6m] below surface:
1 ?medieval leather sheath fragment. See (S1). Information from (S2) (copy of older record card).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2014.

June 1851. Stray Find.
Found in River Yare during excavations for new bridge:
1 prehistoric perforated quartzite pebble of rectangular outline measuring 3 1/2" [8.89cm] x 2 1/2" [6.35cm]. Held by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1894.76.838). See (S1) and (S3). Also noted in (S4), (S5) and (S6). Information from (S7).

An example of what would now be described as a pebble macehead. Although this implement is listed in both (S8) and (S9) objects of this type are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2014.

  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 50 NW 1 [2].
  • <S1> Illustration: Rolfe Collection Norfolk Illustrations. No 1061.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S3> Documentary Source: Various. Additional drawings, engravings, etc. collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk"; 1846-1857. Add MS 23053-23062. Vol X; f.91 (Add MS 23062).
  • <S4> Publication: Evans, J. 1872. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 1st Edition. p 205.
  • <S5> Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. p 229.
  • <S6> Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 278.
  • <S7> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Yarmouth (Great).
  • <S8> Article in Serial: Rankine, W. F. 1951. Quartzite pebble maceheads with hour-glass perforation, their distribution in England. Archaeological Newsletter. Vol 4 No 4 pp 53-55.
  • <S9> 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. pp 206, 215.
  • PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SHEATH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Sep 13 2018 9:24PM

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