NHER 14661 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or later pebble macehead

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Summary

At an unknown date a prehistoric perforated quartzite pebble macehead was found here. These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TL79SW
Civil Parish	FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Pre 1981. Stray Find.
Subcircular quartzite pebble macehead with hour-glass perforation. Petrology No. N180. Listed in Curtis catalogue. Information from (S1), where this is described as a 'pebble hammer'. These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 October 2013.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF6350 Monograph: Healy, F. 1996. The Fenland Project, Number 11: The Wissey Embayment: Evidence for pre-Iron Age Occupation. East Anglian Archaeology. No 78. Appendix 8 (microfiche).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

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

Object Types (1)

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

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Record last edited

Oct 22 2013 2:03PM