NHER 24132 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and potboilers

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Summary

Fenland fieldwalking in 1987 recorded a scatter of prehistoric flints and pot boilers at this location. Additionally, several Roman pottery sherds and a number of post medieval gunflints were recovered.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL69NW
Civil Parish SOUTHERY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

12 November 1987. Fenland fieldwalking, weathered ploughsoil.
Context 1: general scatter odd flints. Site SRY AB. And two Roman sherds. Flint is gunflint- F. Healy (NAU).
Context 2: at 6070 9564 concentration of sparse pot boilers and a couple of flints on peat covered loam slope. Minimum 34m northwest-southwest by less than 15m northeast-southwest at 0.9m OD. Site SRY 1. These are gunflints - F. Healy (NAU).
Context 3: at 6080 9570 concentration of pot boilers sparse and one flint (kept with context 1 finds) maximum 45m east-west x 22m north-south at 1.6m OD. Site SRY 2.
Finds held by NCM.
R. Silvester (NAU) 12 November 1987.

For full details of wares, flint types etc. see Fenland Folders.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. SRY 1. FENS.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. SRY 2. FENS.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. SRY AB. FENS.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 25 2011 10:34AM

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