NHER 23363 (Monument record) - Possible prehistoric burnt mound
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WORMEGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
4 February 1987. Fenland fieldwalking.
Field on northeast side of Brook Drain.
On well weathered ploughsoil, young winter cereal.
WGY AY.
Context 1
General scatter of medieval sherds becoming more common to south of field, also the odd flint flake.
WGY 15.
Context 2 at 6620 1198.
Sparse concentration of pot boilers but no flints, on gently sloping north slope of island. Maximum 38m north to south by 36m east to west at 4.6m OD; soil peat covered by sandy loam with plenty of stones.
Finds in NCM.
R. Silvester (NAU), 4 February 1987.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
October 2007. ALSF NHER Enhancement Sub-Unit D.
WGY 15.
A pot-boiler site.
Information from (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 1 October 2007.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF16894 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. WGY 15. FENS.
- --- SNF16928 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. WGY AY. FENS.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
- <S2> SNF8173 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45. p 144.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (3)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Nov 8 2013 5:49PM