NHER 23125 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric occupation site on field north of Thornham Road, south of String Drain, east of Cut-Off Channel
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
19 November 1986. Fenland fieldwalking.
Winter cereal, well weathered soil.
Context 1 general scatter. MTW BW.
Odd flints, and sherds probably medieval, though concentration of flints at 7191 9605, this is not enough for a
'site'.
Context 2 at 7183 9626. MTW 74.
Sparse concentration of flints and a few pot boilers on spur of greensand soil jutting out into peat filled hollow. 28m north to south x 25m east to west at 3.7m OD.
R. Silvester (NAU), 24 November 1986.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
November 2016. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Iron Age/Roman bow brooch.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 October 2024.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF15942 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 7. FENS.
- --- SNF16015 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW BW. 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.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (4)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 25 AD to 60 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 18 2024 12:29PM