NHER 1490 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric to medieval pottery sherds and objects

1969
Burnished Iron Age (including Belgic) pottery from sand-digging on field. Some sherds possibly Roman. One or two medieval sherds also reported. [1]
Illustrations in file.

Site visited by T. Clough (NAU), and E. B. Green (NCM). No material found.

Human remains said to come from here in 19th century (Bolingbroke Collection).

1971.
Excavation of extention to quarry. A number of prehistoric finds were recovered including sherds of ?Neolithic flint-gritted pottery with rolled-over rims and an assemblage of worked flints. The flints include a broken axe/adze and waste flakes.
Information from (S1) and (S2).
Finds held by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1971.576 : A).
Although the flints are recorded by (S1) as Mesolithic/Neolithic, no finds from this collection are listed in (S3). The core tool was however examined by R. Jacobi and identified as a Mesolithic axe of Norfolk type (no tranchet sharpening). Information from (S4).

The later material in this collection was examined by F. Healy (NAU), who identified 3 Early Neolithic bowl pottery sherds (2 plain, 1 decorated) (S5)-(S7) and 1 Beaker rim sherd (S8). The diagnostic Neolithic flints included 1 core, 9 flakes, 2 blades, 1 transverse petit tranchet derivative arrowhead (S9) and 1 retouched flake. Information from (S10), in which the illustrations noted above are reproduced. The pottery is also listed in (S11).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 December 2013.

1976. In carstone quarry.
Ipswich ware sherd and scatter of medieval sherds.
E. Rose (NAU).

1969.
Finds (see above) - finder reported to D. Gurney (1986) that at the same time he found a perforated bone or antler pendant here, and that he retains a jet or lignite perforated bead.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 November 1986.