NHER 23117 (Monument record) - Sites of prehistoric and Early Neolithic occupation on field running northwest from junction of Methwold Hythe Lode and Cut-Off Channel, Roman finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
20 November 1986. Fenland fieldwalking.
On young winter cereal, weathered soil.
Context 1 general scatter. MTW BY
Odd fragments good quality flint coming up from peat layer.
Context 2 at 7076 9474. MTW 71
Concentration sparse to moderate pot boilers, a few flints. On loam edge, quite pronounced but still peat covered,
above peat filled hollow. 55m north to south x 30m east to west at 1.8m OD.
Context 3 at 7069 9470. MTW 72
Spread of flints and pot boilers, both sparse, on peat covered loam ridge. 45m northeast to southwest x 30m northwest to southeast at 1.4m OD.
R. Silvester (NAU), 24 November 1986.
Flints are Early Neolithic. F. Healy (NAU).
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
January 2018. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 May 2018.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF15944 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 71. FENS.
- --- SNF15945 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 72. FENS.
- --- SNF16017 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW BY. FENS.
- --- SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (3)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 350 AD)
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Record last edited
May 27 2020 2:47PM