NHER 24189 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric burnt flints from south of Ten Foot Drain

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Summary

Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a spread of prehistoric burnt flints. The site is cut by a dyke and burnt flints could also be seen in the sides of the dyke.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF71SW
Civil Parish MARHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

24 November 1987. Fenland fieldwalking, cultivated and reasonably weathered. MRM 27.
Spread of pot boilers, moderate, but no flints on slight chalk loam ridge. Site cut by dyke and continues into [1]'s field
opposite. Pot boilers visible in dykeside. 28m north to south x less than 14m east to west at 4.9m OD.
R. Silvester (NAU), 24 November 1987.

See also NHER 24211/context 3.

For full details of wares, flint types, etc. see (S1).

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM 27. FENS.
  • --- Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Archive: Fenland Folders.
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 8 2013 5:59PM

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