NHER 19843 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or later prehistoric partiall perforated pebble macehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM08SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ROYDON (NEAR DISS), SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Before 1983. Stray Find.
Found by [1] in garden of South View, High Road, Roydon, east of church (house not on 6 inch Ordnance Survey map; position estimated):
?Sandstone pebble macehead with incomplete hour-glass perforation (petrology N269). This discovery was reported in (S1). Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1983.334), see sketch in file. Information from (S3). These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
W. Milligan (NCM), October 1983. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 January 2014.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF87152 Article in Serial: 1984. Archaeological Discoveries for 1983. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 29 pp 17-33. p 30.
- <S2> SNF90559 Illustration: Goodson, C. 1983. Sketch of Mesolithic or later pebble macehead from Roydon. Paper. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
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
Jan 6 2014 10:41AM