Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23116 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Prehistoric pot boiler scatter southeast of Ashwood Lodge |
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Summary
Fenland fieldwalking in November 1986 to the southeast of Ashwood lodge discovered a sparse concentration of prehistoric pot boilers.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7171 1239 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71SW |
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| Parish: | PENTNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
21 November 1986. Fenland fieldwalking at PEN 6 on (S1). Location at edge of natural gulley through mineral soil, which was filled with peat at some time in past. Young cereal crop growing on well weathered soil.
A sparse concentration of pot boilers 32m x 21m in size (oriented southeast to northwest) was discovered.
NCM ex [1].
R. Silvester 27 November 1986.
See (S2) for full details of wares, flint types etc.
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
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. PEN 6. FENS. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45. p 138. |
| <S2> | Archive: Fenland Folders. |
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