Record Details
NHER Number: | 1713 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Mesolithic or later pebble macehead |
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Summary
Prehistoric stone macehead with hour-glass perforation, found in 1962. These items are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 791 300 |
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Map Sheet: | TF73SE |
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Parish: | HOUGHTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 1962. Stray Find.
Prehistoric stone macehead with hour-glass perforation. Now held by King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1962.67). Information from (S1) and (S2). Discovery also reported in (S3). This find is identified as a pebble macehead in (S4) (where its provenance is incorrectly listed as Houghton St Giles). It should be noted that these items are not considered closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
E. Rose (NAU) 30 January 1981. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 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
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 72 NE 22; TF 93 NW 41. |
--- | 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. Houghton. |
<S2> | Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map. |
<S3> | Serial: 1962. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1962. No 9. p 4. |
<S4> | 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 204. |
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