NHER 1935 (Find Spot record) - Beaker period pot

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Summary

A handled Beaker period pot was found when a hole was dug for a power line post. The pot had been elaborately decorated by incising with a sharp point.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF83NE
Civil Parish NORTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1955. Stray Find.
Found 244m (800 feet) west of North Creake Abbey when digging a posthole.
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age handled Beaker. See drawing (S1) and photograph (S2).
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1957.370).
Information from (S3).
See short note (S4) for further details.
This discovery was reported in (S5) and the vessel is amongst those listed in (S6).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 February 2018.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Meikle, E. 1955. Drawing of a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age handled Beaker pot. Card. 1:1.
  • <S2> Photograph: Ministry of Works Ministry of Works. 1957. A4742/1 and 4742/2 Handled Beaker.
  • <S3> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Creake (North).
  • <S4> Unpublished Document: Handled Beaker of the Early Bronze Age.
  • <S5> Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 4.
  • <S6> Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 571; Fig 1070.
  • POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

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Record last edited

Feb 22 2018 1:55PM

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