NHER 24279 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked and burnt flint from field between road and shelter belt
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
11 February 1988. Fenland fieldwalking, good conditions, winter cereal.
Context 1 general scatter. MRM BA.
Odd flints and some bone (skull?).
No concentration except context 2.
Context 2 at 6979 1082. MRM 34.
Sparse spread of worked flint and pot boilers, former mainly in northern half of general spread. Also one set of
Bos? teeth. About 42meast to west x 40m north to south maximum at 3.05m OD. On gentle sloping mineral soil ledge close to peat.
R. Silvester (NAU), 11 February 1988.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF15775 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM 34. FENS.
- --- SNF15810 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM BA. FENS.
- --- SNF8173 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45.
- --- 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 (4)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Aug 3 2021 8:02AM