NHER 4450 (Find Spot record) - Beaker vessel from near Wood Hall

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Summary

A complete Beaker period vessel was found near Wood Hall by clay diggers in 1857.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL69NW
Civil Parish HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1857. Found near Wood Hall at depth of 3m (10 feet) by clay diggers.
A beaker (degenerate A).
See (S1) and (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

?from wash pit - guess by R.R. Clarke (NCM).
E. Rose (NAU).

  • --- Photograph: 1937?. Beaker from Hilgay in CAEM..
  • --- Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 550; Fig 989.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Hilgay.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 69 NW 4.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: 1937. Cambridge University Reporter.. 30 April. p 891.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: 1937. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol 37, p 75, pl.II3.
  • POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

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Record last edited

Jan 17 2025 10:55AM

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