NHER 23924 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period prehistoric finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF70SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BARTON BENDISH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
15 December 1986. Barton Bendish Survey fieldwalking.
Site BB 384.
Natural rise in otherwise low lying partly peaty field, sandy gravelly soil. Good conditions, winter cereal.
6 prehistoric 'gritty' pottery sherds.
3 ?Bronze Age grog-tempered pottery sherds.
4 ?Iron Age dark sand pottery sherds.; Undated scraps.
110 worked flints. These were briefly examined by J. J. Wymer (NAU) who felt that they were predominantly Neolithic. It is however noted in (S1) that 10 small blades and a "core tablet" are potentially Mesolithic.
Undatable scraps of pottery.
Pottery identified A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU) 12 August 1987. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 November 2013.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF14121 *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 384. BB.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF7951 Article in Monograph: Rogerson, A. and Davison, A. 1997. An archaeological and historical survey of the parish of Barton Bendish. Barton Bendish and Caldecote: fieldwork in south-west Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. Rogerson, A. et al.. No 80 pp 1-42. p 6.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (6)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- POT (Unknown date)
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Record last edited
Aug 10 2022 7:48AM