NHER 3438 (Find Spot record) - Early Bronze Age pottery vessel and fragments
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Summary
An Early Bronze Age pottery vessel and fragments of another were found in a field in about 1875.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WORMEGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Found in about 1875 on local patch of gravel in field south of Tottenhill (West Briggs. E. Rose NAU) church nearest to road. Type B2 Beaker, 9.1cm (3.6 inches) high and fragments of another beaker. (S1) called Tottenhill, (S2) Tottenhill.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
British Museum register says 1.2m (4 feet) deep, 320m (350 yards) south of church.
E. Rose (NAU).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF5088 Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 620; Fig 114.
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Wormegay.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 61 SE 2.
- <S1> SNF1682 Article in Serial: Fox, C. 1925. On Two Beakers of the Early Bronze Age Recently Discovered in South Wales: With a Record of the Distribution of Beaker-pottery in England and Wales. Archaeologia Cambrensis. Vol LXXX pp 1-31. p 27.
- <S2> SNF6559 Publication: Kendrick, T. D. and Hawkes, C. F. C. 1932. Archaeology in England and Wales, 1914-1931. p 25. p 101; Pl VIII.3.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 18 2017 2:33PM