NHER 20230 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric pot boilers
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL68NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
27 March 1984. Fenland Fieldwalking. On sand ridge.
Pot boilers; extent not yet clear but separate from NHER 20229.
R. Silvester (NAU) 27 March 1984.
1989 to 1990. Further fieldwork during Fenland Evaluation Project.
Auger traverses across and around site. Also Sondage excavation to sample the peat covered buried soil.
It is probable that the site continues under peat and that it forms part of a larger site with NHER 20229 (HCW 49) and NHER 20231 (HCW 51).
A dossier has been prepared for HBMC, see (S1) in file.
M. Leah (NAU) August 1990
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S2).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF15402 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. HCW 50. FENS.
- --- SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF59363 Unpublished Document: Leah, M. D. (NAU) and Mathews, M. (NAU). 1990. Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Dossier.
- <S2> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
Related NHER Records (2)
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Record last edited
Mar 17 2006 9:51AM