NHER 23919 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric pot boilers and post medieval pottery

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Summary

Finds of prehistoric pot boilers suggest the presence of a burnt mound on this site, and fragments of medieval and post medieval pottery have been found by fieldwalking.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF70NW
Civil Parish BARTON BENDISH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

5 December 1987. Site BB 357.
Fieldwalking, good conditions, field with peaty hollows, winter cereal.
1 worked flint.
Context 1.
Late medieval/early post medieval sherd.
Unusual lack of post medieval sherds except odd 18th/19th century.
Animal bone.
Context 2 at TF 7089 0634.
Pot boiler site, dark soil. Slight rise 20m north to south x 10m east to west.
See details in file.
Identified A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 12 August 1987.

Before 14 November 2008. Metal detecting.
Cutting edge of Late Bronze Age socketed axe (S1).
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 February 2009.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 357. BB.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2009. Drawing of the cutting edge of Late Bronze Age socketed axe.. Film. 1:1.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 10 2022 7:48AM

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