Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23135 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible prehistoric occupation two fields northwest of Broadfen Farm |
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Summary
Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a sparse concentration of prehistoric burnt flints on the edge of a greensand island. These may be indicative of prehistoric occupation.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 6961 9654 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL69NE |
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| Parish: | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
18 November 1986. Fenland fieldwalking.
Rolled and partly weathered.
MTW 65.
Sparse concentration pot boilers on edge of greensand island, no flints. 16m east to west x 10m north to south at 1.4m OD.
R. Silvester (NAU), 19 November 1986.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Monument Types
- OCCUPATION SITE? (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. MTW 65. FENS. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52. |
| <S1> | Archive: Fenland Folders. |
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