NHER 23138 (Monument record) - Prehistoric finds from Northwold Fen

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Summary

Large scale fenland fieldwalking in November 1986 recorded numerous prehistoric flint and pot boiler scatters on ridges projecting from the peat.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL79NW
Civil Parish NORTHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

19 November 1986. Fenland fieldwalking, drilled and weathered soil.
Context 1: general scatter of pot boilers and flint not collected and no fenland number.

Context 2: at 7063 9806 odd flints projecting from peat, collected for comparative purposes. Reference NWD AE on (S1).

Context 3: at 7063 9812 concentration sparse pot boilers on greensand ridge projecting from peat. Also about two flints discarded. Area 22m (east-west) x 12m (north-south). Reference NWD 5 om (S1).

Context 4: at 7067 9800 concentration of pot boilers sparse to moderate on greensand ridge projecting from peat - ridge still almost completely covered by peat. Area 18m (north-south) x 10m (east-west) at 0.8m OD. Reference NWD 6 on (S1).

Context 5: at 7069 9798 concentration sparse pot boilers on greensand ridge projecting from peat. Area 26m (north-south) x 20m (east-west) at 1.1m OD. Reference NWD 7 on (S1).

Context 6: at 7077 9797 concentration of sparse pot boilers on greensand ridge projecting from peat. Two flints 21m (east-west) x 18m (north-south) at 1.2m OD. Reference NWD 8 on (S1).

NCM ex [1].
R. Silvester (NAU) 19 November 1986.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S2).

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD 5. FENS.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD 6. FENS.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD 7. FENS.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD 8. FENS.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD AE. FENS.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
  • <S2> Archive: Fenland Folders.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2012 3:27PM

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