NHER 23679 (Monument record) - Prehistoric pot boilers and flints from near to Cut Off Channel
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
7 April 1987. Fenland fieldwalking, rolled and weathered ploughsoil.
Context 1: general scatter odd pot boilers and flint scattered across field and including on one sandy loam ridge a small group of scrapers and few other flints at 7163 9703. Reference NWD AN on (S1).
These flints are Beaker period - F. Healy (NAU).
Context 2: at 7167 9713 moderate spread pot boilers but no flint on upland edge. Sandy loam. Area 22m (northwest-southeast) x 16m (northeast-southwest) at 1.6m OD. Reference NWD 32 on (S1).
NCM hold the finds.
R. Silvester (NAU) 7 April 1987.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S2).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF16169 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD 32. FENS.
- --- SNF16194 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD AN. FENS.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- <S2> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
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Record last edited
Feb 10 2012 3:29PM