NHER 23210 (Monument record) - Prehistoric pot boilers and flints from High Fen area
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
18 December 1986. Fenland fieldwalking, weathered ploughsoil.
Context 1: general scatter over that part of field that forms part of island; odd flints, not many. Reference NWD AF on (S1).
Context 2: at 7066 9745 concentration of pot boilers sparse, with a few flints. On edge of island. Area 15m (east-west) x 13m (north-south) at 2.1m OD. Reference NWD 9 on (S1).
Finds held by NCM.
R. Silvester (NAU) 18 December 1986.
9 February 1987.
Context 3: at 7053 9732 concentration moderate pot boilers on sandy loam ridge, two small patches one about 14m x 14m the other 10m x 6m. Overall 20m (north-south) x 12m (east-west) at 1.2m OD. Reference NWD 22 on (S1).
Details as above.
R. Silvester (NAU) 9 February 1987.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S2).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF16159 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD 22. FENS.
- --- SNF16181 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD 9. FENS.
- --- SNF16186 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD AF. FENS.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- <S2> 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)
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Record last edited
Feb 10 2012 3:28PM