Record Details

NHER Number:1149
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic perforated stone macehead

Summary

A Neolithic perforated stone macehead was found in pasture near Hunstanton Hall at an unknown date.

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Location

Parish:OLD HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

'In pasture at Hunstanton Hall'.
Perforated stone macehead. Alleged to be Greenstone by A.S. Mottram.
E. Rose (NAU).

[2] used the stone as a keyweight until [3] saw it, and said it was a net-sinker.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • MACE (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.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Hunstanton.
<S1>Newspaper Article: Lynn Advertiser. [unknown]. [unknown]. 23 February.

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