NHER 13023 (Monument record) - Bronze Age and Iron Age features at Bittering Quarry
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEESTON WITH BITTERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1978. Excavation.
Sherds and pit complex formerly called Early Saxon, but reidentified as Iron Age.
(S1) in file.
Magazine article in file (S2).
E.Rose (NAU), 31 March 1982.
Publication (S3) also describes Beaker and Bronze Age pottery, postholes and ditches.
Published in (S4) which adds Iron Age pottery.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2023.169).
P. Watkins (HES), 16 October 2023.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
- --- SNF10360 Photograph: ZU 1-8, BDG 1-3.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF76788 Thesis: Garrow, D.. 2006. Pits, Settlement and Deposition during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in East Anglia. during the Neolithic and Early Pits, Settlement and Deposition during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in East Anglia.
- <S1> SNF56797 Unpublished Document: Rogerson, A.. 1978. NAU site notes. Norfolk Archaeological Unit.
- <S2> SNF2636 Publication: 1980. Tarmac World. No 100. No.100.
- <S3> SNF8753 Article in Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Healy, F. 1996. Neolithic and Bronze Age Activity and Settlement at Longham and Beeston with Bittering. Barrow Excavations in Norfolk, 1984-88. East Anglian Archaeology. Wymer, J. J. No 77 pp 28-53. pp 28ff.
- <S4> SNF47506 Article in Serial: Ashwin, T. 1999. The Launditch and its Setting: Excavations at the Launditch, Beeston with Bittering, and Iron Age features and finds from it vicinity. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 217-256.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (6)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- QUERN (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BRIQUETAGE (Undated)
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Record last edited
Oct 16 2023 2:10PM