NHER 4793 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age axe and Mesolithic or later quartzite mace/hammer
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
19 March 1974. Stray Find.
Found by [1] on surface of field:
1 Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead. Four ribs and cast cross and pellet decoration, looped and single moulding at sub-rectangular socket. See drawing (S1).
Information from record card (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 April 2013.
June 1997. Stray Find.
Surface find by [2]:
1 quartzite pebble mace/hammer (half). See drawing (S4).
Objects of this type are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
D.Gurney (NLA), 9 July 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 April 2013.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF81076 Illustration: Gregory, T. 1974. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Oxbough.
- <S3> SNF2500 Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. p 7.
- <S4> SNF89178 Illustration: Gurney, D. 1974. Sketch of a Mesolithic or later quartzite pebble mace/hammer from Oxborough. Paper. 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)
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 17 2018 12:26PM