NHER 12736 (Find Spot record) - Early Bronze Age pottery vessel and human remains
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Summary
An Early Bronze Age decorated pottery vessel and a female skeleton were found during sand extraction works in 1972.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF64SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | OLD HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
July 1972.
Beaker and female skeleton found at a depth of 90cm (3 feet) in digging sand.
Site is on Ringstead Downs, on a low hill between two valleys.
Grid reference supplied in 1977 by R. Trett (KLM).
See (S1).
Full details in file.
Drawings (S2) and (S3) in the Illustration Library.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- 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 64 SE 39.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF6600 Article in Monograph: Kinnes, I.. 1978. A Beaker Burial on Ringstead Downs, Old Hunstanton. East Anglian Archaeology. No 8 pp 19-22.
- <S2> SNF91334 Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1975. Drawing of a Beaker pot.. Card. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF91335 Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1975. Drawing of a Beaker pot.. Card. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 14 2022 8:54AM