Record Details
NHER Number: | 5989 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Prehistoric pot boilers |
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Summary
A ridge of prehistoric pot boilers was noted at this location, running more or less south from the 'peninsula' in Langmere. A visit to the site in 1975 found the area to be overgrown.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TL 9050 8843 |
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Map Sheet: | TL98NW |
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Parish: | WRETHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Ridge of pot boilers seen by W. G. Clarke. 24-27m (80-90ft) long, 3.1m (10ft) wide, 0.3m (1ft) high, running more or less south from 'peninsula' in Langmere.
Information from map.
Now much overgrown on heath of Nature reserve.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 28 November 1975.
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
--- | Aerial Photograph: TL9088A, B, C.. |
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 98 NW 9. |
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Wretham. |
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