NHER 61644 (Find Spot record) - Potentially Iron Age pottery scatter and prehistoric worked and burnt flints
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Summary
Fieldwalking at this location around 2003 identified a concentration of what the finder believed to be Iron Age pottery sherds. Other finds recovered included a small assemblage of prehistoric worked flints and potentially prehistoric burnt flints.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL99NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MERTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Unknown date but probably late 2003. Fieldwalking.
Found at Context 1 (finder's Site 17):
?Prehistoric worked flints.
1 prehistoric flint borer, 1 blade, 1 scraper and 3 flakes.
77 ?Iron Age pottery sherds.
1 ?Iron Age/Roman pottery sherd.
All objects identified by finder, see notes and sketch map in file [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 11 October 2016.
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (7)
- BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 11 2016 12:08PM