NHER 1978 (Find Spot record) - Beaker pottery and a Neolithic axehead

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Summary

A fragment of the rim of an incised and cordoned beaker with comb decoration was found here in 1957. In 1959, on the same site, a Neolithic flint axe was discovered.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF83SW
Civil Parish	BARWICK, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1957. Stray Find.
Found at [1] by [2]:
1 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherd. Fragment of rim of Beaker: incised and comb decoration. Cordoned. See drawing (S1).
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1957.151).
Information from (S2).
This discovery was reported in (S3) and the sherd is amongst those listed in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 February 2018.

1959. Stray Find.
Found at same site by [3]:
1 Neolithic chipped flint axehead. See drawing (S5).
Information from (S2).
This discovery was reported in (S6).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 February 2018.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF81850 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1957. Drawing of a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherd. Card. 1:1.
<S2> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Barwick [2].
<S3> SNF2273 Serial: 1957. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 4. p 2.
<S4> SNF5088 Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 506.
<S5> SNF81849 Illustration: Howlett, D. R. 1959. Drawing of a Neolithic flaked flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
<S6> SNF87124 Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 3.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Beaker - 4000 BC to 1700 BC)

Object Types (2)

FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

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Record last edited

Feb 22 2018 3:28PM