NHER 8742 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced prehistoric perforated macehead of Mesolithic or later date, Meadow Farm (Saham Toney, poorly located)

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Summary

A pebble macehead recovered from the land of Meadow Farm was donated to the Norwich Castle Museum in 1963. A number of similar objects were reportedly found on this land in the early 20th century and it is possibly that this is one of these finds.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Pre 1963. Stray Find.
1 prehistoric pebble macehead with hour-glass perforation. Donated to the Norwich Castle Museum by S. S. George in 1963 (NWHCM : 1963.120.40 : A). Information from (S1). These objects are not closely datable, simple quartzitic examples such as this having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.

This macehead is listed in (S2), where it is recorded as coming from "M. Farm". This is almost certainly a contraction of Meadow Farm as it appears that S. S. George had contact with the Newton family, who worked this farm (reporting a find make by N. Newton to R. R. Clarke in 1935 - see NHER 8731). A number of objects that were probably pebble maceheads were found at Meadow Farm by C. F. Newton in the early 20th century (NHER 8730), see (S3). The possibly therefore exists that the object in the NCM is one these early discoveries.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 April 2013.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 SW 36.
  • <S1> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
  • <S2> 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 211.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: 1914. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol I Pt IV (for 1913-14) pp 485-491. p 488.
  • PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 14 2016 3:31PM

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