NHER 23662 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric finds
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Summary
Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a few prehistoric worked and burnt flints and one piece of probable Neolithic pot.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
24 April 1987. Fenland fieldwalking.
Young cereal, weathered soil.
MTW EJ.
Few flints and pot boilers and one sherd almost certainly Neolithic on sandy loam ridge.
R. Silvester (NAU), 24 April 1987.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF16076 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW EJ. 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 (3)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 15 2016 10:20AM