NHER 5497 (Find Spot record) - Beaker pottery from South Wootton Lane
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF62SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1958. Stray Find.
Found by [1], 0.35m (14 inches) below surface close to 20 foot (6.1m) contour, 9m (30 feet) west of south-west corner of 3rd bungalow on right of avenue nearest 'The Grange', in laying sewer, slight blackening of soil:
6 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherds (2 A Beaker and 4 Rusticated).
See drawings (S1) and photograph (S2).
This discovery was reported in (S3) and the sherds themselves were subsequently donated to the King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1958.60.1-5).
Compiled by A. S. Mottram (KLM), 23 June 1958.
Information from (S4) and (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), November 2015.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF5088 Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. Nos 561-562.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2300 Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 3.
- --- SNF7174 Unpublished Document: Mottram, A.S.. 1958. [unknown]. 27 June.
- <S1> SNF93715 Illustration: [King's Lynn Museum staff]. 1958. Drawings of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherds from King's Lynn. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF93716 Photograph: [King's Lynn Museum staff]. 1958. Photograph of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherds from King's Lynn. Black and white. Print.
- <S3> SNF3930 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1958. Eastern Daily Press. 4 July.
- <S4> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. King's Lynn.
- <S5> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SW 36.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
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Record last edited
Oct 4 2018 12:15PM