NHER 7134 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric perforated quartzite macehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF92NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FULMODESTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1965. Stray Find.
Found on surface of ploughed field about 750 yards [865m] north-east of Manor Farm:
1 prehistoric perforated quartzite macehead. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1965.501). See drawing (S1). Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3).
Although recorded as Neolithic it appears that this is a relatively simple macehead (apparently unmodified apart from its central hour-glass perforation) and possibly what would now be classed as a pebble mace. Objects of this type are generally not seen as closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts. It should though be noted that this object is not one of the pebble maceheads listed in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 July 2014.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF79942 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1965. Drawing of a prehistoric quartzite macehead from Fulmodeston. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Fulmodeston.
- <S3> SNF2366 Serial: 1965. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1965. No 12. p 4.
- <S4> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC? to 1501 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 9 2018 11:12AM