NHER 56335 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced pebble macehead of Mesolithic or later date (Garboldisham poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GARBOLDISHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
1952.
Pebble macehead with hour-glass perforation, recorded by (S1) as being found at an unspecified location within Garboldisham parish during 1952. This macehead is listed by (S2) as being held by the Moyse's Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds. These objects are not closely datable having been found within both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
P. Watkins (HES), 27 March 2013.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF88240 Article in Serial: 1953. Selected archaeological discoveries in Norfolk made or reported in 1952 Selected archaeological discoveries in Norfolk made or reported in 1952. Norfolk Research Committee Bulletin. Series 1 No 5 (for 1952) p 5.
- <S2> 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 206.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 701 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 4 2016 12:25PM