NHER 10171 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic or later stone macehead and Neolithic polished axehead (Hempnall, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEMPNALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
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.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 10170-10171.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Hemphall.
- <S2> SNF90714 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1965. Drawing of a Mesolithic or later partially perforated stone macehead from Hempnall. Card. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 22 2018 9:05AM