Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10171 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Unprovenanced Mesolithic or later stone macehead and Neolithic polished axehead (Hempnall, marginal) |
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Summary
A Mesolithic or later stone macehead and a Neolithic polished axehead were found at unknown locations within Hempnall parish during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Location
Full description
Two unprovenanced prehistoric objects were found at unknown locations in Hempnall parish during the 1950s and 1960s:
Around 1955. Stray Find.
Found by [1]:
1 Neolithic polished flint axehead. Given to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1956.269).
This find was previously recorded as NHER 10170.
1964. Stray Find.
Found in Hempnall district by [2]:
1 prehistoric stone 'macehead'. See drawing (S2). This small implement has an incomplete 'hour-glass' perforation and would appear to be an unfinished pebble macehead. These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Fieldwalking and documentary research.
Axe, no further details, assumed to be prehistoric, flint. May be same as the 1955 find noted above.
Information from [3].
A. Cattermole (NLA), 24 May 2005.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 January 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 10170-10171. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Hemphall. |
| <S2> | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1965. Drawing of a Mesolithic or later partially perforated stone macehead from Hempnall. Card. 1:1. |
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