NHER 17594 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or later pebble macehead from east of Candle Yards

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Summary

Perforated quartzite macehead with 'hour-glass' perforation. These objects are commonly referred to as pebble maces and are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM08NE
Civil Parish	KENNINGHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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August 1981. Stray Find.
Found on surface of stubble field, east of Candle Yards:
1 prehistoric macehead. Subcircular with hourglass perforation. 11.5cm x 9cm, perforation 15mm diameter at narrowest. Surface chipped in antiquity. Brown shiny stone - quartzite (N. 262). See sketch (S1).
These objects are commonly referred to as pebble maces and are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
E. Rose (NAU), 30 September 1981. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 July 2013.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF92156 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1981. Sketch of a Mesolithic or later quartzite pebble mace from Kenninghall. Card. 1:1.

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

Aug 22 2016 4:20PM