NHER 24315 (Find Spot record) - Concentration of prehistoric burnt flints at Little West Fen
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
23 February 1988. Fenland fieldwalking. Little West Fen.
Good conditions, well weathered ploughsoil.
Context 1. HLG BV.
Couple of flints, no lithic concentrations.
Includes Beaker scraper - F. Healy (NAU).
Context 2 at 6120 9661. HLG 17.
On loamy sand sloping to fen on west. 31m northwest to southeast x 25m northeast to southwest at 3.7m OD.
Concentration pot boilers sparse but no flint.
R. Silvester (NAU), 23 February 1988.
For full details of wares, flint types, etc. see (S1).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF15493 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. HLG 17. FENS.
- --- SNF15548 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. HLG BV. 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 (3)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 20 2016 11:35AM