NHER 24362 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints pot boilers, southwest side of Sam's Cut Drain
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOUTHERY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
2 March 1988. Fenland fieldwalking, good conditions, weathered soil. Strip field along southwest side of Sam's Cut Drain.
Context 1: general scatter couple of worked flints. Also animal burial in west side of dyke. (J. McInley says immature horse or cow) bones revealed in entrance to fox earth (information from [1]). Examined by R. Silvester (NAU) in situ at 9275 9590 or thereabouts. Site SRY AV.
Context 2: at 6279 9587 concentration of pot boilers in edge of drain, site presumably truncated by drain, no flint. 27m northwest-southeast x greater than 9m northeast-southwest at 1.2m OD. Site SRY 13.
Finds held by NCM.
R. Silvester (NAU) 3 March 1988.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see Fenland Folders.
Associated Sources (3)
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)
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Record last edited
Jan 17 2025 10:55AM