NHER 10525 (Find Spot record) - Beaker period pottery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHEDGRAVE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Mid September 1960. Stray Find.
Found in side of trench dug for drain for new housing site at 5 foot [1.54m] from surface in clean sand:
Complete Bell Beaker. Four zones of horizontal comb decoration.
Investigated by [1].
Broken by workmen, a few fragments rescued and donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1960.395).
Information from (S1). This discovery was report in (S2) and was also the subject of a short note in the local press (S3). The Beaker sherds are amongst those subsequently listed in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 July 2018.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- 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. TM 39 NE 18.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Chedgrave.
- <S2> SNF87125 Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 2.
- <S3> SNF3681 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1960. Neolithic Pottery. 28 September.
- <S4> SNF5088 Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 517; Fig 395.
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 15 2018 1:17AM