NHER 19656 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flint, Neolithic polished axehead, Iron Age and Roman pottery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1969. Found in ploughsoil by [1]. East of White House. Context 2 at TL 722 966.
Complete ground axe and two broken ground axes (one butt end, one cutting end both patinated with faint mottled staining).
See (S1).
Identified by J.J. Wymer (NAU).
Information via S. Ashley (NAU).
J. Wymer (NAU), 1 November 1983.
23 December 1986. Fenland fieldwalking. Over whole field.
Conditions: weathered soil, some regeneration.
Context 1. General scatter. MTW CM.
Odd Iron Age and ?Roman pottery, occasional flint, also pot boilers at various points.
Context 3 at TL 7226 9662. MTW 82.
Concentration of pot boilers (sparse, locally moderate) on ridge of chalk loam and spreading beyond. 47m northeast to southwest x 31m at 4.6m OD.
R. Silvester (NAU), 23 December 1986.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S2).
Additional to entry above, 1969.
Flint axe, previously recorded, re-submitted. Additional description and digital photographs added to the file.
E. Darch (HES), 28 September 2010.
The two polished flint axe heads and fragment of polished flint axe head re-submitted for recording 29 April 2010 have been donated to Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service.
E. Darch (HES), 12 October 2010.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF15954 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 82. FENS.
- --- SNF16029 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW CM. 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.
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF9163 Photograph: CLS 10 to 15. Flint axes found at Methwold.
- <S2> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (5)
- BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 15 2015 5:18PM