NHER 3213 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or later pebble macehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG03SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRININGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1970. Stray Find.
Found on surface of ploughed field, close to 'pot boiler' site (less than 50yds [45m]):
1 prehistoric modified pebble. Quartzite, perforated, signs of battering on ends. Macehead. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1971.660). Information from (S1).
This discovery was first reported in (S2). Listed as potentially Mesolithic in (S3) although it should be noted that objects of this type are generally not seen as closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 July 2014.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Briningham.
- <S2> SNF2449 Serial: 1971. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1971. No 18. p 4.
- <S3> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 204.
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 15 2016 5:15PM