NHER 4420 (Find Spot record) - Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age ceramic vessel

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Summary

In 1975 a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker was found in a gravel pit here. This vessel is decorated with incised lines and zones of oblique incised stabbing.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF60SE
Civil Parish WEREHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1975. Stray Find.
Found in gravel pit at depth of around 3ft [0.92m]:
Small Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pottery Beaker vessel. Decorated with incised lines, and zones of oblique incised stabbing, each zone defined by two pairs of incised lines.
See drawing (S1) and photograph (S2).
Donated to King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1975.237).
Information from (S3).
This discovery was reported in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 August 2018.

  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 60 SE 22.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gregory, T. 1976. Drawing of a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pottery Beaker vessel. Card. 1:1.
  • <S2> Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
  • <S3> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S4> Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 13.
  • POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

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Record last edited

Aug 30 2018 10:35AM

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