NHER 28376 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic or later perforated stone object
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WENDLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1990 or earlier. Stray Find.
Possible Quartzite (glacial erratic) stone object with pecked hour-glass perforation. No sign of use, possibly a digging weight. Identified by J. Wymer (NAU). This discovery was reported in (S1).
N.B. Not the same as similar object from site NHER 7282 nearby.
Information from member of the public [1].
A. Rogerson (NLA) 26 March 1991.
Part of large scatter 28461.
Objects of this type are commonly referred to as pebble maceheads. Examples such as this where the perforation has been formed by pecking rather than by drilling are not closely dateable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 June 2013.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF86393 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1992. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1991. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt III pp 362-370. p 363.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- PEBBLE MACE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 13 2018 8:57AM