NHER 23716 (Monument record) - Pot boiler spread, Mesolithic tranchet axe and medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1987 recovered a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead and identified an area of prehistoric flint pot boilers in slightly darker soil. Fragments of medieval and post medieval pottery were also found.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG01SW
Civil Parish YAXHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Before May 1987. Fieldwalking.
Area of pot boilers noted when beans were being planted, within slightly darker soil. 9m east to west by 12m north to south. Found just to the south:
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet axe. See drawing (S1).
Odd medieval unglazed and twelve glazed Grimston sherds also found in general area, along with two misfired post medieval sherds (probably nearby production site NHER 19812).
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NAU), May 1987. Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 May 2013.

19 May 1987. Field visit.
Site visited by A. Rogerson (NAU); see accurate plot in file. Field not walked.
A. Rogerson (NAU), May 1987.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Wymer, J. J. 1987. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Yaxham. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 27 2014 2:42PM

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