NHER 14587 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or later prehistoric pebble macehead

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Summary

Prehistoric perforated pebble macehead found near edge Feltwell parish in 1963. These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TL68NE
Civil Parish	FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1963. Stray Find.
Prehistoric pebble macehead. Now held by King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1963.54.1; A589). According to the museum's records this object was found at TL 692 895. This object is described by F. Healy (S1) as possibly quartzite with hour-glass perforation and both ends battered. It is labelled as being from 'Feltwell/Hockwold boundary, which is consistent with the grid ref. listed.
These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 October 2013.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF6350 Monograph: Healy, F. 1996. The Fenland Project, Number 11: The Wissey Embayment: Evidence for pre-Iron Age Occupation. East Anglian Archaeology. No 78. Appendix 8 (microfiche).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)

Object Types (1)

PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2021 7:46AM