NHER 3738 (Find Spot record) - Complete Beaker vessel and Roman pottery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF71NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 1962. Stray Find.
Found when digging trench between two farm buildings at Great Farm, in sandy soil, not below 2 feet [60cm] deep:
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age small necked Beaker pottery vessel, 3 1/4 inches [8cm] high, with lozenge decoration. "Some blackish substance in bottom of it" but nothing else found. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3) and it is amongst the objects catalogued in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 June 2018.
1980.
[1] states that farmer at Great Farm showed him a box of Roman sherds which he said were found at the same time, despite above statement.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 November 1980. Information from (S5).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81232 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1962. Drawing of a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age small necked Beaker pottery vessel. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Gayton.
- <S3> SNF87127 Serial: 1962. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1962. No 9. p 3.
- <S4> SNF5088 Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 534.
- <S5> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 7 2018 6:49PM