NHER 2289 (Find Spot record) - Beaker pottery from Massingham Heath

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Summary

A Beaker pot was found on Massingham Heath in 1842.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF72SE
Civil Parish GREAT MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Massingham Heath.
Beaker from site marked on Ordnance Survey as found in 1842 (685m (750 yds) southeast of parish boundary in sand pit).
See (S1), drawn in 1849 by Lukis.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)

(S2) notes a drinking cup of pre Roman period from Massingham Heath.

See NHER 2310.

  • --- 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.
  • --- Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 563; Fig 560.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Massingham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 72 SE 20.
  • <S1> Publication: BM Add. Mss23.056. f.164.
  • <S2> Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 227.
  • POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

Record last edited

Jun 24 2025 10:04AM

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