NHER 24438 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and multi-period pottery sherds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOUTHERY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Fenland Fieldwalking. Good, weatheared soil, young cereal.
Context 1: general scatter. Odd flints and sherds of pot (Medieval) from across field. also an Roman sherd. Site SRY BJ.
Context 2 at 6102 9546: few fragments of pot. Not yet characterised. From opposite Site SRY 16. Site SRY BK later identified as Iron Age.
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.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF16326 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. SRY BJ. FENS.
- --- SNF16327 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. SRY BK. FENS.
- <S1> SNF92744 Unpublished Contractor Report: Rosenberg, N. 1998.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.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (4)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 24 2018 12:31PM