NHER 4602 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic to Bronze Age stone axe hammer
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NECTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
'A mallet being a perforated boulder of Greenstone (porphyry) weighing 5lb 2oz found at Necton'
19cm (7 1/2 inches) long, 11cm (4 1/2 inches) maximum width.
Probably Dolerite.
Found between Necton and Holme Hale near Stream dividing the parishes, before 1828.
See (S1) and (S2).
(S3), (S4), (S5).
Also called Holme Hale.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Of porphyry.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Petrology N95 examined Dr F.S. Wallis 1969 Group XVIII - Whin Sill.
See (S6).
E.B. Green (NCM).
Petrological Identification of Stone Implements from E. Anglia/vol.38/6.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF90756 Article in Serial: Williams-Thorpe, O., Webb, P. C. and Jones, M. C. 2003. Non-destructive geochemical and magnetic characterisation of Group XVIII dolerite stone axes and shaft-hole implements from England. Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol 30 pp 1237-1267.
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Necton.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 80 NE 30.
- <S1> SNF856 Article in Serial: Committee Of The Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society. 1853. A Catalogue of The Antiquities in the Norfolk and Norwich Museum. p 11.
- <S2> SNF711 Publication: 1830. Catalogue.
- <S3> SNF4280 Documentary Source: Various. Additional drawings, engravings, etc. collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk"; 1846-1857. Add MS 23053-23062. Vol XIII; f.36 (Add MS 23036).
- <S4> SNF5933 Publication: Evans, J. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. 2nd Edition. p 202.
- <S5> SNF1141 Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 277.
- <S6> SNF2471 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- AXE HAMMER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 13 2018 8:36PM