NHER 11465 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age macehead

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Summary

A large stone macehead that may date to the Bronze Age, although it may also be ethnographic.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish HOLKHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Unusually large perforated macehead, polished stone, ends battered.
15cm (6") long, 12cm (5") wide, 8.8cm (3.5") deep, perforation pecked and slightly hourglass.
Ethnographic? Found in cottage at New Holkham, probably found in that area by father of owner.
Petrology No.N211.
See (S1) in the Illustration Library.
D. Gurney (NLA) 6 October 2000.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1975. Drawing of a Bronze Age large stone macehead.. Card. 1:1.
  • MACE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

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Record last edited

Apr 29 2014 3:41PM

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