NHER 67145 (Find Spot record) - Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker, churchyard of St Margaret's Church

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Summary

At some time prior to 1906 a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker vessel was dug up in the churchyard of St Margaret's Church (NHER 6144). This was donated to Norwich Castle Museum.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG04SW
Civil Parish CLEY NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Before August 1906. Stray Find.
Dug up in churchyard of St Margaret's Church (NHER 6144), near tower:
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age ovoid Beaker with recurved rim. 7" [17.5cm] high, 5.5" [13.8cm] across mouth 3" [7.5cm] across base. Combination of C x/x4 + ?b1 (Willmotts classification).
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1906.44)
This Beaker is noted in (S1)-(S3).
Pot seen by F. Healy (NAU).
Information from record cards (S4) and (S5).
Previously recorded under NHER 6144. Location approximate.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 July 2023.

  • <S1> Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. p 31; No 231.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Fox, C. 1925. On Two Beakers of the Early Bronze Age Recently Discovered in South Wales: With a Record of the Distribution of Beaker-pottery in England and Wales. Archaeologia Cambrensis. Vol LXXX pp 1-31. p 27.
  • <S3> Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 518; Fig 535.
  • <S4> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic.
  • <S5> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHER 6144.
  • POT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 4 2023 10:44AM

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