NHER 7816 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Mesolithic or later, Neolithic, Bronze Age and undatable prehistoric finds (Honingham, poorly located)

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Summary

Various prehistoric objects known to have been found during the late 19th century or early 20th century in Honingham parish, but with no additional information regarding provenance. These finds include a Mesolithic or later pebble macehead, undated prehistoric worked flints, a Neolithic part-polished flint axehead and a Bronze Age copper alloy palstave.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish HONINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Various prehistoric objects known to have been found during the late 19th century or early 20th century in Honingham parish, but with no additional information regarding provenance:

FINDS IN THE NORWICH CASTLE MUSEUM

The Norwich Castle Museum hold a collection of undated prehistoric worked flints that were found at an unknown location in Honingham by H. H. Halls during the early 20th century (NWHCM : 1924.83.32; Hall's Site 32). Information from (S1).

According to (S2) the Norwich Castle Museum also holds a unprovenanced fragmentary Neolithic partly polished flint axehead from Honingham (unregistered). This find is listed separately from the polished flint axehead recorded as NHER 7815.

The Norwich Castle Museum also holds an unprovenanced Bronze Age copper alloy palstave from Honingham (NWHCM : 1931.89). Donated by [1]. This object is 159mm long, looped, with indistinct shield and midrib on face. Noted in (S3). Information from (S4).
Previously recorded under NHER 7817.

FINDS IN OTHER MUSEUMS

A prehistoric pebble macehead from Honington is listed in (S5) as being held by the Ipswich Museum. No other details are given. Objects of this type are generally not considered to be closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Previously recorded as NHER 13328.

Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 May 2014.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 7816-7817 and 13328.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 11 SW 10; TG 11 SW 14a.
  • <S1> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Honingham.
  • <S2> Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk. p 342.
  • <S3> Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
  • <S4> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Honingham.
  • <S5> 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. p 207.
  • PEBBLE MACE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 21 2018 11:30PM

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