NHER 24127 (Monument record) - Prehistoric occupation site on southwest side of Thornham Road
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
5 November 1987. Fenland fieldwalking.
Weathered soil, advanced cereal crop.
Context 1 general scatter. MTW EY.
Flints.
Context 3 at 7100 9610. MTW 143.
Concentration of pot boilers moderate and couple of flints not necessarily associated. On edge of pronounced ridge which runs along edge of upland spit. 37m east to west x 28m north to south at 1.1m OD.
R. Silvester (NAU), 5 November 1987.
Addenda: Context 2 at 7095 9613 pot boilers (part of MTW EY).
Flints contain gunflints, but others are older.
F. Healy (NAU).
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF15870 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 143. FENS.
- --- SNF16091 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW EY. FENS.
- --- SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 27 2021 7:43AM