NHER 24437 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and undated pottery sherds

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Summary

Fenland fieldwalking in 1988 recovered a couple of prehistoric flints and a sherd of undated pottery from the field here. Subsequent trenching here in 1998 in advance of the reservoir revealed no archaeological features or finds.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL69NW
Civil Parish SOUTHERY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Fenland fieldwalking. Good weathered soil, young cereal.
One or two flints and a sherd of pottery from field. Site SRY BI.
R. Silvester (NAU) 22 April 1988.

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

27 May 1998. Geophysical Survey.
Gradiometer survey of proposed reservoir site. Initial scan of whole application area, followed by detailed recorded survey of four areas. Recorded a number of weak linear trends that were thought to be due to ploughing, although an archaeological origin could not be entirely dismissed.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 March 2015.

July 1998. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed reservoir site. Single trench in area of NHER 24438 revealed no archaeological features or finds.
See report (S1) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA) 27 August 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 March 2015.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. SRY BI. FENS.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Rosenberg, N. 1998. An Archaeological Evaluation Excavation of a Reservoir Site at Manor Farms, Southery, Norfolk. John Samuels Archaeological Consultants. 408/98/02.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Undated)

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Record last edited

Apr 24 2018 12:31PM

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