NHER 60155 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or later stone hammer/macehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF90SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WATTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
2012 (or before). Stray Find.
Found in garden of 12 Langmere Road:
1 prehistoric stone hammer/mace with central 'hour-glass' perforation. Made of a fine-grained rock (possibly Langdale tuff) rather than the typical quartzite. Objects such as this are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2012.183).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM). Information from museum records.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 September 2014.
Associated Sources (0)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 2 2014 1:40PM