Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7987 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period finds, Beck Farm Gravel Pit |
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Summary
A fragment ofa Neolithic polished flint axe, pieces of Iron Age or Early Saxon pottery and possible Late Saxon pot fragments found at Beck Farm Gravel Pit.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 245 173 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21NW |
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| Parish: | FRETTENHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1957. Beck Farm Gravel Pit.
Fragmentary polished axe of grey flint.
(S1) by C.H. Lewton-Brain in file.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
1957.
Potsherds ?Iron Age or Early Saxon.
R.R. Clark (NCM).
April 1956.
Pottery rim (?Late Saxon) found in gravel pit.
R.R. Clark (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD? to 650 AD?)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD? to 1065 AD?)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1956. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 3. p 3. |
| --- | Serial: 1957. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 4. p 2. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 21 NW 17; TG 21 NW 18. |
| --- | 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 - Neolithic. Frettenham. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Frettenham. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Frettenham. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Lewton-Braine, C. H. 1957. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axe.. Paper. 1:1. |
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