NHER 10596 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or later partially perforated quartzite pebble
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEDENHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
April 1972. Stray Find.
Found lying near edge of field, on surface:
1 prehistoric partly-perforated quartzite pebble with signs of battering on each end. See sketch (S1). Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3).
Possibly an unfinished pebble macehead? These objects are not closely datable having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 January 2014.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- 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 39 SW 18.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2462 Serial: 1972. Council for British Archaeology, Group 7: Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1972. No 19. p 5.
- <S1> SNF90719 Illustration: Clough, T. 1972. Sketch of a ?Mesolithic or later partially-perforated quartzite pebble from Hedenham. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87254 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous Prehistoric.
- <S3> SNF2462 Serial: 1972. Council for British Archaeology, Group 7: Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1972. No 19. p 5.
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
Apr 23 2020 8:33AM