Record Details

NHER Number:16878
Type of record:Monument
Name:Prehistoric pot boilers

Summary

During the 1970s a large concentration of prehistoric pot boilers were found at this location. They may indicate the site of a burnt mound.

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Location

Grid Reference:TM 1329 9413
Map Sheet:TM19SW
Parish:FORNCETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1970s. Immediately north of Low Barn, on lower slope of shallow valley. Found on surface of ploughed field.
Large (unspecified) concentration of pot boilers.
A. Gregory (NAU), 15 December 1980.

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

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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