NHER 21143 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked and burnt flints
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
30 January 1985. Fenland fieldwalking.
Small sandhill of almost pure sand only just emerging from peat - sand and peat well mixed on surface, top of which
is 0.5m above previous peat level.
Fieldwalking on drilled but weathered field. MTW 34.
Sparse but even scatter of flints and pot boilers, 15m diameter, few potboilers also on island to south.
R.J. Silvester (NAU), 31 January 1985.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF15905 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 34. 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.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 18 2013 9:46AM