Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5497 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Beaker pottery from South Wootton Lane |
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Summary
Fragments of Beaker pottery found in 1958.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6409 2206 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62SW |
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| Parish: | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1958. Stray Find.
Found by [1], 0.35m (14 inches) below surface close to 20 foot (6.1m) contour, 9m (30 feet) west of south-west corner of 3rd bungalow on right of avenue nearest 'The Grange', in laying sewer, slight blackening of soil:
6 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherds (2 A Beaker and 4 Rusticated).
See drawings (S1) and photograph (S2).
This discovery was reported in (S3) and the sherds themselves were subsequently donated to the King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1958.60.1-5).
Compiled by A. S. Mottram (KLM), 23 June 1958.
Information from (S4) and (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), November 2015.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
Associated Finds
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 3. |
| --- | Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. Nos 561-562. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Mottram, A.S.. 1958. [unknown]. 27 June. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [King's Lynn Museum staff]. 1958. Drawings of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherds from King's Lynn. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Photograph: [King's Lynn Museum staff]. 1958. Photograph of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherds from King's Lynn. Black and white. Print. |
| <S3> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1958. Eastern Daily Press. 4 July. |
| <S4> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. King's Lynn. |
| <S5> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SW 36. |
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