Record Details

NHER Number:29269
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Mesolithic or later pebble macehead

Summary

Broken prehistoric pebble macehead with hour-glass perforation found by chance in 1992. These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7311 3271
Map Sheet:TF73SW
Parish:SHERNBORNE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

October 1992. Stray Find.
1 prehistoric broken pebble macehead with 'hour-glass' perforation. See drawing (S1).
These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Discovery reported in (S2).
L. Brewster (KLM), 2 November 1992. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 December 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

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Robins, P. 1992. Drawing of a Mesolithic or later pebble macehead from Shernborne. Paper. 1:1.
<S2>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1993. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1992. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt IV pp 512-522. p 513.

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