NHER 29492 (Find Spot record) - Massive Mesolithic to Bronze Age perforated stone object
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF90NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRADENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Pre 1992. Stray Find.
Found in orchard by daughter of source [1]:
1 prehistoric massive shaft-hole implement. One-sided 'hour-glass' perforation, ?unfinished. Used as hammer. See drawing (S1). Possibly Bronze Age, although mace-like implements such as these, where the hole has been made by pecking rather than drilling (giving the 'hour glass' form), can be as early as Mesolithic in date.
This discovery was reported in (S2).
D. Gurney (NLA) 19 February 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2013.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF77403 Illustration: Gurney, D. 1992. Drawing of a prehistoric stone ?unfinished shaft-hole implement. Film. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF86413 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1994. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1993. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 104-115. p 104.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- PERFORATED OBJECT (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
May 29 2025 8:21AM