NHER 2261 (Find Spot record) - Early Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery sherds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEST WINCH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1936. Stray Find.
Thirteen fragments of rim and base of pot found in gravel pit by Schwabe and Thatcher, paste unusually firm: light biscuit colour (Something like Brantham but not very close).
Two sherds donated to British Museum (1937,0504.16). See sketches (S1).
British Museum sherds confirmed as Beaker (Early Bronze Age) domestic ware by A. Lawson (NAU), and S. Needham (BM).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 February 2018.
September 1936
P. L. K. Schwabe from gravel pit on Setchey oilfield three sherds (two rims certainly Iron Age dry black colour: paste medium quality. Vertical groovings pointed at top.
For comparison see Runcton Holme type 2 - only vertical instead of horizontal grooving (C. Hawkes) probably Iron Age A2 or B influence.
In NCM [2].
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Sketches (S1) in file.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF1971 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. p 93.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Winch (West Setchey).
- --- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Winch (West).
- --- 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 61 SW 1.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF93897 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1936. Sketches of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherds. Paper. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (3)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 15 2025 5:15PM