NHER 23672 (Monument record) - Prehistoric pot boilers and flints from High Fen
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
7 April 1987. Fenland fieldwalking, rolled and weathered soil.
Context 1: general scatter odd flints, no concentrations. Reference NWD AL on (S1).
Context 2: at 7102 9690 sparse and much comminated concentration of pot boilers on sandy loam ridge 16m (north-south) x 15m (east-west) at 0.8m OD. Reference NWD 28 on (S1).
Context 3: at 7100 9667 sparse concentration pot boilers on west side of sandy loam ridge in slight embankment 25m (north-south) x 13m (east-west) at 0.9m OD. Reference NWD 29 on (S1).
NCM hold the finds.
R. Silvester (NAU) 7 April 1987.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S2).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF16165 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD 28. FENS.
- --- SNF16166 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD 29. FENS.
- --- SNF16192 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NWD AL. 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 3:29PM