NHER 23240 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric and medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF71SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | PENTNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
7 January 1987. Fenland fieldwalking on weathered stoney sand and young cereal cropped fields.
General spread of medieval pottery pieces and tiles, frequent fragments of chalk rubble, shell very common in places - mostly cockle with some oyster; bone and occasional burnt flint. Spread over the flat top of the ridge and down the south side. Odd medieval sherds and flint from outside main concentration also included under code PEN AE on (S1).
NCM holds some of these finds.
R. Silvester (NAU) 9 January 1987.
See (S2) for full details of wares, flint types, etc. see Fenland Folders.
2001. Site scheduled as part of priory.
See file NHER 3924.
D. Gurney (NLA), 23 January 2002.
Cropmarks noted at this location in 1993 (the limits of which were mapped as Context 2) are now recorded separarely, as NHER 69547. As a result this record has been reduced to its original extent (Context 1).
P. Watkins (HES), 17 October 2025.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF16221 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. PEN AE. FENS.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF8173 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45. p 138.
- <S2> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (5)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Undated)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Oct 17 2025 6:50AM