Record Details

NHER Number:6005
Type of record:Monument
Name:Prehistoric hearth

Summary

According to archaeological records this is the site of a prehistoric hearth. The area was drained and deep ploughed in the 1970s but no finds were recovered.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 9943 8834
Map Sheet:TL98NE
Parish:QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Hearth.
E. Rose (NAU/NLA).

Information from (S1).
Area drained 1971-72 and deep ploughed 1973, 1974 and 1975. No archaeological finds noted by farmer.
M. D. Leah (NAU) 9 January 1991.

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

---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 - Neolithic. Quidenham.
<S1>Archive: National Archaeological Record.

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