NHER 19856 (Monument record) - Neolithic to Bronze Age flints and pot boilers

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Summary

A scatter of Neolithic to Bronze Age flints and pot boilers recovered during the Fenland fieldwalking survey.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL68NE
Civil Parish HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

15 December 1983. Fenland fieldwalking. On sand and gravel island (a little flint gravel), ground possibly harrowed ex-potatoes.
Spread of pot boilers and flints with a few bone fragments.
Pot boiler cover most of visible island, flints tend to be on lower west slopes.
Remainder of island covered in Christmas trees.
Minimum 90m x 25m.
R. Silvester (NAU) 15 December 1983.

Flints are Neolithic to Bronze Age.
F. Healy (NAU)

For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. HCW 5. FENS.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Archive: Fenland Folders.
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)

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Record last edited

Oct 22 2025 8:06AM

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