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Record Details

NHER Number:23045
Type of record:Monument
Name:Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age occupation site and multi-period finds, Methwold Hythe

Summary

Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a concentration of prehistoric worked flints, including a leaf-shaped arrowhead, with a few pieces of pot and many burnt flints from a sandhill. The finds are dated to Late Neolithic and Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age. Later excavation revealed four shallow depressions some of which produced pottery and struck flints. These may be the remains of heavily truncated pits or tree throw-holes. These features may be indicative of occupation.

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Location

Grid Reference:TL 7174 9563
Map Sheet:TL79NW
Parish:METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1985.
Roman brooch found.

1986 to 1987. Fenland fieldwalking.
Flints, potboilers, prehistoric, Roman sherds. Contexts 1 to 14 used.
For full details of wares, flint types, etc. see (S1). See also (S2).

1989 to 1990. Fenland Evaluation Project.
Sondage dug.

1991.
Flints found in pipeline.

1992. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] in area of Context 8-9:
3 Neolithic flint scrapers, 2 blades and 4 flakes.
4 ?Iron Age pottery sherds (tiny).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see notes in file.
Finds subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.34.14.2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 August 2014.

1992. Excavation.
Inconclusive.
Four shallow depressions, some of which produced pottery and struck flints, may be the remains of heavily truncated pits or tree throw-holes. Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age sherds were recovered from field walking and stratified contexts.
See publication (S3) and unpublished reports (S4) and (S5) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S6). The prehistoric features are amongst those discussed in (S7).
E. Rose (NLA), 11 December 1995.

April-August 1992. Watching Brief.
Route of Wellington Plantation to Stoke Ferry Pipeline.
Observations of the pipe-trench revealed a section of a peat-filled watercourse. This feature was 8m wide and 1.5m deep.
See report (S8) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 23 March 2015.

8 March 1993. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] at Context 11:
2 undatable prehistoric flint flakes.
3 ?Neolithic pottery sherds.
Undatable fired clay lumps.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM) and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM). Information from file notes.
Finds donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.34.14.1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 August 2014.

November 1994. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] at [2]:
1 ?Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flint blade core and 1 retouched blade.
1 ?Early Neolithic flint scraper.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.34.14.3).
Information from museum records.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 August 2014.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BURNT MOUND (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FLINT SCATTER (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • LITHIC WORKING SITE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • OCCUPATION SITE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • PIT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
  • SAMPLE (Undated)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • BRIQUETAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE CORE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
  • RETOUCHED BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BURNT FLINT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • DEBITAGE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
  • BLADE (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
  • BURNT FLINT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
  • DEBITAGE (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
  • MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
  • POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 132. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 60. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 61. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 62. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 63. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 64. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 67. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 68. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 69. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 70. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW BT. FENS.
---Photograph: FVM.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
<S1>Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
<S2>Archive: Fenland Folders.
<S3>Monograph: Crowson, A., Lane, T. and Reeve, J. (eds). 2000. Fenland Management Project Excavations 1991-1995. Lincolnshire Archaeology and Heritage Reports Series. No 3. pp 166, 175-178.
<S4>Unpublished Document: Leah, M. D. (NAU) and Mathews, M. (NAU). 1990. Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Dossier.
<S5>Unpublished Document: Fenland Management Project, Norfolk. Excavations at Methwold Hythe Valley, Archive Summary.
<S6>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1993. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1992. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt IV pp 522-532. p 527.
<S7>Thesis: Garrow, D.. 2006. Pits, Settlement and Deposition during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in East Anglia. during the Neolithic and Early Pits, Settlement and Deposition during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in East Anglia.
<S8>Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1992. The Wellington Plantation - Stoke Ferry Pipeline. A Summary of Archaeological Work undertaken on the route of the Pipeline. February-August 1992. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 29.

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