NHER 53892 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or later pebble macehead

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Summary

Quartzite pebble macehead with central hourglass perforation, found prior to 1996. These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TL68NE
Civil Parish	HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Pre September 1996. Stray Find.
1 prehistoric quartzite pebble macehead, with central 'hour-glass' perforation (finder's Coll. No. 480). All edges show signs of battering. See drawing (S1). These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), 23 September 1996, see description in file.
E. Whitcombe (NLA), 5 March 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 November 2013.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF90115 Illustration: Robins, P. 1996. Drawing of a Mesolithic or later quartzite pebble macehead from Hockwold cum Wilton. Paper. 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 28 2014 10:06AM