NHER 10219 (Monument record) - Early Saxon hut, with associated Roman and Early Saxon objects

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Summary

In 1935 a solitary hut with associated Roman and Early Saxon objects was discovered and excavated. The hut was initially identified as Iron Age with later Roman occupation, but in the 1950s it was reinterpreted as a grubenhaus or sunken-featured building of Early Saxon date.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG30NW
Civil Parish	POSTWICK WITH WITTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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1935. In gravel pit north of marshes.
Hut site found, although the south side half had been destroyed.
Remainder excavated by R.R. Clarke for Norwich Research Committee.

Oval 13ft (4m) east to west, 6ft (1.8) north to south. Floored with rough cobbles, posthole.
Early Saxon pottery, spindle whorl, pear-shaped loom weights, mixed with Roman pottery.
Bones of pig, ox, sheep.
Charcoal of oak, hazel, ash, hawthorn, gorse or broom, blackthorn.
Hut re-floored once and Roman wares in later occupation.
Interpreted as Iron Age. See (S1) and (S2)
Date corrected by R.R. Clarke in (S3) to Early Saxon. See also (S4).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
--- SNF87261 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Postwick.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 30 NW 1 [2].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF88184 Article in Serial: Clark, J. G. D. et al. 1935. Notes on Excavations in England, the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1935. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol I pp 130-146. pp 136-137.
<S2> SNF1952 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1938. An Iron Age Hut at Postwick and an Earthwork on East Wretham Heath, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVI Pt III pp 271-280. pp 271-277.
<S3> SNF2285 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk 1949-54. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI Pt IV pp 395-416. p 407; footnote 1.
<S4> SNF1971 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. pp 49, 100.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)

Object Types (6)

ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
PLANT REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
LOOMWEIGHT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)