Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19880 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Prehistoric pot boiler scatter from edge of Pentney Island |
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Summary
In December 1983 fieldwalking on the edge of Pentney Island uncovered a pot boiler scatter and a worked flint.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6969 1193 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61SE |
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| Parish: | PENTNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
19 December 1983. Fenland fieldwalking on edge of Pentney Island.
A pot boiler scatter (about 23 x 18m) and one piece of flint were identified.
R. Silvester 19 December 1983.
The flint is of Mesolithic/Neolithic date - F. Healy (NAU).
See (S1) for full details of wares, flint types etc.
Monument Types
- BURNT MOUND (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- 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)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. PEN 3. FENS. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Archive: Fenland Folders. |
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