NHER 7837 (Find Spot record) - Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blade and Roman pottery sherds, Dairy Meadow Field
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TAVERHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1966. Stray Find.
Found by [1] at a depth of 9-10ft [2.7-3.1m] when digging grain-tipping pit in Dairy Meadow Field (200yds [183m] south-west of Place Farm):
1 prehistoric worked flint flake (also 1 natural pot-lid fracture on fossil sponge).
Roman pottery sherds, including 1 greyware base sherd (S1) and 4 black-burnished ware sherds.
Finds donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1966.681.18).
Information from (S2) and (S3).
Although the flint flake was originally recorded as Neolithic it was subsequently reidentified as a Late Upper Palaeolithic long blade (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 May 2014.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF91246 Illustration: [Unknown]. Sketch of a Roman greyware pottery base sherd from Taverham. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Taverham.
- <S3> SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Taverham.
- <S4> SNF88036 Article in Serial: Robins, P. and Wymer, J. 2006. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Long Blade) Industries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 86-95. p 95.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 15 2018 3:11PM