NHER 23137 (Monument record) - Possible prehistoric occupation site northeast of Slevesholm
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
26 November 1986. Fenland fieldwalking. Skirt fen of island.
Well weathered soil, young cereal.
Context 1 general scatter. MTW CD.
Odd flints no concentrations.
Context 2 at 7033 9627. MTW 79.
Concentration sparse pot boilers on edge of loam ridge, another smaller sparser spread to south, main diameter
32m east to west x 24m north to south at 2.4m OD.
R. Silvester (NAU), 29 November 1986.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF15950 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 79. FENS.
- --- SNF16022 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW CD. 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 (1)
Object Types (2)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 10 2012 3:27PM