NHER 15995 (Monument record) - Neolithic and Bronze Age features at Bittering Quarry
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEESTON WITH BITTERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April to June 1980. Excavation.
Excavation within area of Bittering Pit after stripping by quarry machine.
Complex of pits and ditches containing Beaker pottery and worked flint.
See (S1) for list of contexts etc.
Compiled by A.Rogerson (NAU), January 1981.
Information from (S2).
See published report (S3) for full details. The results of this work are also noted in (S4) and the Beaker pits are amongst those discussed in (S5).
The finds recovered are held by the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1998.73.9) and the remainder of the archive has now also been deposited (NWHCM : 2023.169)
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 April 2019 and 16 October 2023.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF8753 Article in Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Healy, F. 1996. Neolithic and Bronze Age Activity and Settlement at Longham and Beeston with Bittering. Barrow Excavations in Norfolk, 1984-88. East Anglian Archaeology. Wymer, J. J. No 77 pp 28-53.
- <S4> SNF47506 Article in Serial: Ashwin, T. 1999. The Launditch and its Setting: Excavations at the Launditch, Beeston with Bittering, and Iron Age features and finds from it vicinity. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 217-256.
- <S5> SNF76788 Thesis: Garrow, D.. 2006. Pits, Settlement and Deposition during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in East Anglia. during the Neolithic and Early Pits, Settlement and Deposition during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in East Anglia.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (5)
- BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- CHARCOAL (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
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Record last edited
Oct 16 2023 2:17PM