Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28376 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic or later perforated stone object |
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Summary
In around 1990 a stone object with an hour-glass perforation was found here. These objects (where the hole is created by pecking rather than drilling) are not closely dateable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9344 1309 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF91SW |
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| Parish: | WENDLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1990 or earlier. Stray Find.
Possible Quartzite (glacial erratic) stone object with pecked hour-glass perforation. No sign of use, possibly a digging weight. Identified by J. Wymer (NAU). This discovery was reported in (S1).
N.B. Not the same as similar object from site NHER 7282 nearby.
Information from member of the public [1].
A. Rogerson (NLA) 26 March 1991.
Part of large scatter 28461.
Objects of this type are commonly referred to as pebble maceheads. Examples such as this where the perforation has been formed by pecking rather than by drilling are not closely dateable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 June 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- PEBBLE MACE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1992. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1991. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt III pp 362-370. p 363. |
Related records
| 28461 | Related to: Prehistoric flints, multi-period objects and pottery sherds (Find Spot) |
| 28461 | Related to: Prehistoric flints, multi-period objects and pottery sherds (Find Spot) |
| 28461 | Related to: Prehistoric flints, multi-period objects and pottery sherds (Find Spot) |
| 28461 | Related to: Prehistoric flints, multi-period objects and pottery sherds (Find Spot) |
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