Record Details

NHER Number:10093
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic/Bronze Age stone macehead

Summary

At an unspecified date, a Neolithic or Bronze Age stone macehead was recovered from Shotesham. The exact location and circumstances of its discovery are not known.

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Location

Parish:SHOTESHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Stone macehead.
Petrology: N.50, soapstone, siltstone. Geological Survey enquiry 2023.
Held by NCM (NWHCM : 1925.137).
See (S1).
T. Clough (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • MACE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Shotesham.
<S1>Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.

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