NHER 23227 (Monument record) - Possible prehistoric occupation site or burnt mound
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
31 December 1986. Fenland fieldwalking.
Bare soil, weathered, wide spread fruit bushes.
MTW 97.
Concentration pot boilers, abundant, with sparse flint. May be pot boiler mound rising above buried ridge. Partly covered by trackway. 65m northeast to southwest x less than 17m northwest to southeast at 0.6-1.6 OD.
R. Silvester (NAU), 1 January 1987.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF15970 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 97. 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 (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 3:28PM