NHER 23226 (Monument record) - Prehistoric occupation sites in field on west side Cut-Off Channel at Methwold Hythe Bridge

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Summary

Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a scatter of prehistoric worked flints and seven concentrations of prehistoric worked and burnt flints. These are indicative of occupation sites. One of these concentrations has been tentatively dated to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TL79NW
Civil Parish	METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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31 December 1986. Fenland fieldwalking.
On weathered soil and young cereal.
MTW 90 to 96.
Scatter and seven concentrations of flint and potboilers, possibly including one pot boiler mound.
See list in file.
R. Silvester (NAU), 1 January 1987.

For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).

Flint from one concentration has been tentatively identified as Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age.
See (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 4 July 2006.

Associated Sources (12)

--- SNF15963 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 90. FENS.
--- SNF15964 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 91. FENS.
--- SNF15965 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 92. FENS.
--- SNF15966 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 93. FENS.
--- SNF15967 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 94. FENS.
--- SNF15968 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 95. FENS.
--- SNF15969 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 96. FENS.
--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
<S2> SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (6)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)

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Record last edited

Jul 7 2017 8:34AM