NHER 11930 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic or later quartzite pebble mace, Snarehill (Brettenham, poorly located)

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Summary

A prehistoric pebble mace, found prior to 1952 at an unknown location in the Snarehill area. These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish BRETTENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Pre 1952. Stray Find.
Quartzite pebble macehead with hour glass perforation, found at Snarehill (Brettenham). Information from (S1). According to (S1) this object was given to Thetford Museum, although no record of this object appears to exist.
These objects are not closely datable, simple pebble types such as this having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts. See (S2) for a discussion of this class of object.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 May 2013.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 98 SW 19 [2].
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Rankine, W. F. 1951. Quartzite pebble maceheads with hour-glass perforation, their distribution in England. Archaeological Newsletter. Vol 4 No 4 pp 53-55.
  • PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2016 9:56AM

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