NHER 7857 (Monument record) - Possible prehistoric floor surface

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Summary

In 1924 a floor, burnt sand and pot boilers were found in a plantation. It has been suggested that the floor may be prehistoric or Iron Age in date.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	DRAYTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

January 1924.
On the plantation at Drayton where a new wood has been made by unemployed I found a floor in a section. It was 0.6m (2ft) from the surface, topped by undisturbed yellow sand and humus, 0.9m (3ft) wide and extended westwards from the fall of the section for 0.6m (2ft). It consisted of charcoal 5 to 7.5cm (2-3in) thick with burnt flint and a few pot boilers, and rested on yellow sand which for a depth of 5cm (2in) had been turned red by heat.
W. G. Clarke (NCM), 16 January 1924.

Floor called Iron Age, but on what evidence? Date uncertain.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Drayton.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (1)

POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Jan 26 2011 11:09AM