Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2076 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Probable site of prehistoric 'burnt mound' |
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Summary
Prehistoric potboilers, charcoal, and ash were found at this site during ploughing, suggesting that this is the site of a burnt mound from the prehistoric period. This interpretation is supported by the apparent presence of a spring close to this site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9735 3928 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF93NE |
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| Parish: | BINHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1954. Casual Observation.
On first ploughing, heavy spread of pot boilers, ash, charcoal, and charred soil.
See photograph (S1).
Reported by [1]. Information from (S2).
A sample of the pot boilers were donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1954.140).
The location of this site is marked on a subsequently produced map indicating the locations of various discoveries made on the Field House estate [2].
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 August 2016.
October 1992. Field Observation.
Mound survives in pasture at north end of site [3]; said to be well preserved. Site ploughed once. Unsuccessful attempts to drain field - spring nearby.
D. Gurney (NLA), 19 October 1992.]
Monument Types
- BURNT MOUND (Undated)
- HEARTH (Undated)
- 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
| --- | Photograph: 1954. Unknown Photograph. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Binham. |
| <S1> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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