Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8760 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Perforated quartzite pebble of Mesolithic or later date |
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Summary
In 1957 a perforated quartzite pebble was found. It has been suggested that the object is a macehead. These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts. This artefact is one of several multi period objects recovered from a large find scatter in the area (see NHER 31060).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9242 0361 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90SW |
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| Parish: | OVINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1957. Stray Find.
Found in field to northwest of Alston Farm:
1 prehistoric quartzite pebble with hour-glass perforation. Possibly a macehead. Information from (S1). See reverse of (S1) for simple sketch. This discovery was reported in (S2) and the object itself is now held by the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1963.120.39). Simple perforated pebbles such as this are prehistoric but not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later contexts. This object is probably the pebble mace in the NCM from Ovington listed in (S3), although this is recorded as an unprovenanced find from "Ovington Howe".
This forms part of a large scatter of multi period finds (see NHER 31060).
P. Watkins (HES), 23 April 2013.
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 - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 SW 28. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. |
| <S2> | Serial: 1957. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 4. p 4. |
| <S3> | 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. |
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