Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6177 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic flint flake and Roman ceramic vessel |
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Summary
In 1934 a Palaeolithic flint flake was found on Cley beach. A Roman pot was found at roughly the same location in 1982.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 059 450 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG04NE |
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| Parish: | CLEY NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1934. Stray Find.
Found on Cley beach by A. Q. Watson:
1 Palaeolithic ochreous flint flake. Clactonian Group II. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1953.177.8). Information from (S1).
This unmodified flake is listed in (S2) and noted on (S3) and in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 July 2014.
January 1982. Stray Find.
On beach in patch of clay partly eroded by sea, at same site as 1934 find (but only approximately as shown to KLM on a 1in Ordance Survey map (S5)):
1 Roman small vase of coarse greyware, 4.8cm high, 3.7cm maximum diameter. Everted rim, part missing. Side of vase has surface partially worn down by sea action.
Seen at King's Lynn Museum on 19 January 1982. See copy of sketch in file (S6).
Identified and compiled by R. Trett (KLM), 19 January 1982.
Information from (S7).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 July 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Roe, D. A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. No 8. p 229. |
| <S3> | Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Colby (2). |
| <S4> | Publication: Wymer, J. J. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p 19. |
| <S5> | Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1 inch map. |
| <S6> | Illustration: [King's Lynn Museum staff]. 1982. Sketch of a Roman small greyware pottery vase. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S7> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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