NHER 3023 (Monument record) - Site of Neolithic hearths and Neolithic finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SPARHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February 1959. Excavation.
A hollow in gravel containing superimposed hearths, located about 46m (50 yards) southeast of barrow number 1, was cut by a mechanical excavator. The remainder of the features were excavated on 26 and 27 February 1959 by R. R. Clarke and D. R. Howlett (NCM). Iron Age pottery, flint flakes, and charcoal were recovered. There was no distinction between the material from the upper and lower layers in the hollow. Brief mention in (S1) and also recorded in (S2).
The Iron Age pottery is in fact Neolithic Mildenhall Ware.
A. Gregory (NAU).
The pottery has been reidentified as Early Neolithic Grimston Ware.
See (S3) and (S4).
F. Healy (NAU), January 1985.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Sparham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF87124 Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 5.
- <S2> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 NE 28.
- <S3> SNF4482 Article in Monograph: Healy, F. 1984. Farming and Field Monuments: the Neolithic in Norfolk. Aspects of East Anglian Pre-History. Barringer, C. (ed.). pp 77-140. pp 89, 92, 97; Fig 5.2.
- <S4> SNF62073 Article in Serial: Healy, F. 1984. Recent Finds of Neolithic Bowl Pottery in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXIX Pt I pp 65-82.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
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Record last edited
Feb 28 2022 11:02AM