Record Details

NHER Number:23642
Type of record:Monument
Name:Prehistoric pot boiler scatter from north of Ketlam Drain

Summary

Fenland fieldlwalking in March 1987 found a sparse concentration of prehistoric pot boilers at this location.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7181 1226
Map Sheet:TF71SW
Parish:PENTNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

25 March 1987. Fenland fieldwalking on weathered and drilled soil.
Sparse locally moderate concentration of prehistoric pot boilers on slight spur above peaty hollow. Area 37m (east-west) x 10m (north-south) maximum at 5.5m OD. Reference PEN 12 on (S1).
R. Silvester (NAU) 25 March 1987.

See (S2) for full details of wares, flint types etc.

Monument Types

  • BURNT MOUND (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. PEN 12. FENS.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45.
<S2>Archive: Fenland Folders.

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