NHER 10838 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric perforated quartzite axehead or macehead

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Summary

A prehistoric stone perforated object, probably a macehead, found in 1958. If indeed a macehead, these objects are not closely datable, being produced from the Mesolithic through into the later prehistoric periods.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TM08NE
Civil Parish	BANHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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March 1958. Stray Find.
1 prehistoric perforated quartzite object. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1959.417). Information from (S1). Although described as an axehead by (S1), both the museum's accession records and an early record map list this object as a macehead. These objects are not closely datable having been found within both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2013.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Banham.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)

Object Types (1)

MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)

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Banham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 18 2023 1:43PM