Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1947 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age pot |
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Summary
A complete upside-down Iron Age pot was found during the construction of a new housing estate.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 850 382 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF83NE |
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| Parish: | NORTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
30 September 1955. Stray Find.
South of east end of Long Plantation. On new housing estate at depth of 2 feet [60cm] in sandy loam pocket in chalk rubble:
Complete pottery jar found buried inverted. Broken by pick but repaired. Nothing else found. Handmade. Probably Iron Age from slightly dished flat base.
See sketch (S1).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 February 2018.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Unknown]. 1955. Sketch of a complete ?Iron Age pottery jar. Paper. Roughly 1:1. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Creake (North). |
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