NHER 17691 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or later stone macehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF60NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SHOULDHAM THORPE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1980. Stray Find.
Found at [1]:
1 prehistoric stone macehead. Circular with central hole with slanting sides. Approximately 6.5cm in diameter. Stone a mottled brown granite (N246).
See and drawn at King's Lynn Museum (S1).
Information from (S2).
This object is clearly that would now be commonly be described as a pebble macehead (with a typical hour-glass perforation). Although this was originally identified as Mesolithic, these objects are not actually closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
E. Rose (NAU), 23 October 1981 and E. James (KLM). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 November 2013.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 7 2016 4:50PM