Record Details
NHER Number: | 2261 |
---|
Type of record: | Find Spot |
---|
Name: | Early Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery sherds |
---|
Summary
In 1936 a number of fragments of Early Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery were recovered from this area.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 6351 1375 |
---|
Map Sheet: | TF61SW |
---|
Parish: | WEST WINCH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
---|
Full description
1936. Stray Find.
Thirteen fragments of rim and base of pot found in gravel pit by Schwabe and Thatcher, paste unusually firm: light biscuit colour (Something like Brantham but not very close).
Two sherds donated to British Museum (1937,0504.16). See sketches (S1).
British Museum sherds confirmed as Beaker (Early Bronze Age) domestic ware by A. Lawson (NAU), and S. Needham (BM).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 February 2018.
September 1936
P. L. K. Schwabe from gravel pit on Setchey oilfield three sherds (two rims certainly Iron Age dry black colour: paste medium quality. Vertical groovings pointed at top.
For comparison see Runcton Holme type 2 - only vertical instead of horizontal grooving (C. Hawkes) probably Iron Age A2 or B influence.
In NCM [2].
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Sketches (S1) in file.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. p 93. |
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 61 SW 1. |
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Winch (West Setchey). |
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Winch (West). |
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
<S1> | Illustration: [Unknown]. 1936. Sketches of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherds. Paper. 1:1. |
Related records
590 | Parent of: Site of Holy Trinity Church, Norwich (Monument) |
Find out more...