NHER 24126 (Monument record) - Prehistoric occupation sites from southwest of Methwold Lodge
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
5 November 1987. Fenland fieldwalking.
Excellent conditions, bare but well weathered.
MTW EW.
Context 1 general scatter.
Odd flints.
MTW 141.
Context 2 at 6976 9686.
Sparse concentration of flints but no pot boilers. On small and irregular gravelly sand islet, west side. 19m north to south x 28m east to west at 1.2m OD.
MTW 142.
Context 3 at 6988 9658.
Concentration pot boilers, sparse locally moderate with a few flints mixed in though not necessarily contemporary. On northwest edge of island - soils are gravelly loam. About 29m northeast to southwest x 16m northwest to southeast at 1m OD.
R. Silvester (NAU), 5 November 1987.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF15868 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 141. FENS.
- --- SNF15869 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 142. FENS.
- --- SNF16089 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW EW. 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 (2)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 26 2010 11:12AM