NHER 13454 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric pebble mace and various flint implements
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOUTHERY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Around 1958. Found on ploughed surface. Context 2 604 961a.
Flint knife and two arrowheads.
All given to KLM but only knife registered - according to Ordnance Survey card.
Some years before 1987. Stray Find
Same approximate site as above finds but near the east hedge of field, on surface.
Quartzite pebble hammer with hourglass perforation, battered around edge, more heavily in one quarter of circumference. These objects, now typically described as pebble maces, are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts. This object is held by the King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1958.1.11) and was listed in (S1).
Identified by F. Healy (NAU).
R. Silvester (NAU) 13 November 1987. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 September 2013.
12 April 1988. Fieldwalking over area and rest of field - Context 1.
Two spreads of flint, the more southerly is widespread. Site SRY BH.
Finds held by NCM.
Flints are Early Neolithic - F. Healy (NAU).
R. Silvester (NAU) 12 April 1988.
For full details of wares, flint types etc. see Fenland Folders.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF16324 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. SRY BH. FENS.
- --- 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. TL 69 NW 21.
- <S1> 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 213.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (4)
- PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
- ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Jun 30 2016 12:26PM