NHER 24424 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a scatter of prehistoric flint flakes and fragments of Roman and medieval pottery. Later metal detecting and field walking recovered other items including fragments of a Bronze Age to Iron Age copper alloy ring, Iron Age pottery fragments (some of which were decorated), a Neolithic flint scraper and a worked bone object.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL69SE
Civil Parish FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

6 April 1988 Fenland fieldwalking.
Weathered soil, young cereal.
Odd flint flakes and occasional sherd of pot, the latter mainly medieval. No 'sites'. FWL FA.
Some pot later identified as Roman.
R. Silvester (NAU), 6 April 1988.

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

January 1994. Metal detecting.
At TL 6980 9293c.
Flint gritted sherds ?Iron Age.

At TL 69819292c.
Copper alloy ring - possibly Bronze Age or Iron Age.
Copper alloy lump with charcoal.

At TL 6990 9292c.
Iron Age flint gritted sherds.
Leather fragment with stitch holes ?date.
W. Milligan (NCM), 24 January 1994.

January/February 1996. Fieldwalking at TL6984 9334.
Flint scraper.
Identified by P. A. Robins (NAU).

7/9 February 1996.
Decorated Iron Age pot.

10 April 1996.
Worked bone and one flint and pottery.
W. Milligan (NCM), 15 February 1996.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL FA. FENS.
  • <S1> Archive: Fenland Folders.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • RING (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2021 7:48AM

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