NHER 1814 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age pottery finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF94SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WELLS NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1947. Stray Find.
Leicester Lime Works at depth of just over a metre (3 feet 6 inches); site removed by grab -floor of pit now 20 feet [6m] below.
Rim of Middle Bronze Age overhanging rim urn and fragments of two other pots; no calcined bones reported but probably burials.
Sherds donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1952.113). See drawings (S1) and annotated sketches (S2) and (S3).
Information from (S4).
The "overhanging rim" sherd is from a Bronze Age Collared Urn and is described and figured in (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2018.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- 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 94 SW 2.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF98734 Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Drawing of Bronze Age pottery sherds (including Collared Urn). Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF98735 Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Annotated sketches of Bronze Age pottery sherds (including Collared Urn). Paper. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF98736 Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Annotated sketches of Bronze Age pottery sherds. Paper. 1:1.
- <S4> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Wells.
- <S5> SNF6822 Publication: Longworth, I. H. 1984. Collared Urns: Of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and Ireland. p 230; No 976.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Feb 18 2025 10:54AM