NHER 23644 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints and pottery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF71SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
26 March 1987. Fenland Project fieldwalking.
Weathered ploughsoil. Two sites identified:
Site MRM AS (General scatter; Context 1).
Small assemblage of worked flints comprising 1 core trimming flake, 2 flakes and 8 blades. Identified by F. Healy (NAU) as possible Mesolithic or Early Neolithic.
Site MRM AR (TF 7174 1111; Context 2).
Small concentration (about 20m in diameter) of worked flints and single sherds of undatable prehistoric and ?Iron Age pottery. Worked flints not closely datable.
For further details see project archive (S1) and final publication (S2).
R. Silvester (NAU), 26 March 1987. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 November 2013.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF15801 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM AR. FENS.
- --- SNF15802 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM AS. FENS.
- --- SNF8173 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (5)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 15 2021 10:55AM