Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1822 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic or later quartzite macehead |
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Summary
In 1955 a quartzite macehead with hour-glass perforation was recovered in this area. These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9389 4121 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF94SW |
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| Parish: | WARHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1955. Stay Find.
Found around 2000 yds (1828m) north-west of Warham:
1 prehistoric quartzite macehead with hour-glass perforation. Now held by the NCM (NWHCM : 1957.150 : A). Information from (S1), which had a rough sketch of the macehead.
This find is listed in (S2) as a potentially Mesolithic object, although it should be noted that maceheads of this type are generally not considered to be closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 July 2013.
Part of large scatter NHER 1826.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
Associated Finds
- PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 94 SW 21. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 7. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Warham (St Mary). |
| <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 214. |
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