NHER 3422 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric saddle quern, Mill Drove
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1946. Stray Find.
Found in field on west side of Mill Drove, Blackborough End, during deep ploughing for sugar beet:
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age lower stone of saddle quern.
Small bolster stone found apart from quern. Of hard quartz sandstone with numerous mica flecks, small vein of quartz running across it.
This discovery was reported in (S1) and the saddle quern itself is now held by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1946.188).
Information from (S2). See also photo (S3), which is reproduced in (S4). Also noted on (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 March 2016.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF535 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1936. [unknown].
- <S2> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Middleton.
- <S3> SNF63958 Photograph: Hallam Ashley. CM 95. Saddle quern from Middleton.
- <S4> SNF2323 Monograph: Clarke, R. R. 1960. East Anglia. Ancient People and Places. 14. Pl 5.
- <S5> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 61 NE 21; TF 61 SE 13.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- SADDLE QUERN (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 24 2021 7:48AM