NHER 19154 (Find Spot record) - Beaker period pot from near the Lacon Arms pub
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG51NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEMSBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1979. Found in digging foundation trenches adjacent to Lacon Arms Public House.
Beaker, (S6 and S7). Barbed wire decoration in around 2cm lengths. String wrapped around five times around axis. Exterior pale red to buff to dark brown. Interior light to dark brown. Core, black.
Information from (S1) left behind by A. Lawson (NAU), made 15 July 1980 but no card or other reference found.
Details of findspot from (S2) and information from local people.
E. Rose (NAU), 4 May 1983.
Medium hard fabric + gray + flint and rounded quartz grains like that found in Stutton, Suffolk ?East Anglian Type. Cf Beaker from Stuston illustrated in (S3)
(S4) has a pencil cross just northwest of above spot at 5058 1728. W. Milligan (NCM) does not know why this is there, and there is no information with it. Did A. Lawson (NAU) mark it for this find and get no further?
E. Rose (NAU), 16 May 1983.
1991.
Given by [1] to whom it was given by finder (name unknown).
E.B. Green (NCM), 25 February 1991.
2 April 1997. Watching Brief.
Observation of foundation trenches. Building beside northern cross on map.
Revealed no archaeological material.
See report (S5) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA), 21 November 1997.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S2> SNF60704 Unpublished Document: Great Yarmouth Museum Accessions Register.
- <S3> SNF5088 Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. Fig 364.
- <S4> SNF52555 Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.
- <S5> SNF57133 Unpublished Contractor Report: Gaffney, K. 1997. Results of Watching Brief at MB's Leisure Bar, Hemsby, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 224.
- <S6> SNF90942 Illustration: Unknown. 1983. Drawing of a Beaker pot with barbed wire decoration.. Film. 1:1.
- <S7> SNF78628 Illustration: Unknown. 1983. Drawing of a Beaker pot with barbed wire decoration.. Film. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 17 2016 8:43AM