NHER 12799 (Monument record) - Possible Bronze Age ring ditch and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
21 July 1971. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Positive cropmarks. Ring ditch.
D. Voisey (NLA), 4 October 1995.
21 September 1971. Ordnance Survey aerial photograph.
Another ring ditch said to be visible on Ordnance Survey air photograph (S2). Not shown on NAU air photographs.
R. J. Rickett (NAU)
This is presumably the one shown on 1990 Unit air photography at 7001 9281 = Context 4.
E. Rose (NAU) 30 March 1994.
July 1976. Context 2 at 7015 9334.
Cropmark of ring ditch.
D. Edwards (NAU) and E. Rose (NAU) 13 September 1977.
5 February 1986. General scatter (context 1) in fieldwalking winter wheat on well weather soil.
Miscellaneous pottery and prehistoric flints (FWL BY).
Context 3 at 7004 9319.
Small scatter of pottery, undated, but also one fragment Samian (FWL BZ). Undated pottery later found to be Iron Age.
R. Silvester (NAU), 6 February 1985.
Other pottery from context 3 also identified as Roman. Some of pottery from context 1 identified as Roman and one possible Iron Age, in (S1).
August 1988.
Groat of Edward III London Mint.
S. Margeson (NCM), 22 August 1988.
February 1993. Metal detecting.
3rd century coin.
Copper alloy brooch fragment (?Early Saxon).
Medieval sherds.
Medieval rod handle/strap handle.
Early medieval ring.
November 1994.
Deep binding ring with double groove die (medieval/early post medieval).
Oval buckle frame with offset bar and lipped pin rest (medieval).
W. Milligan (NCM) 23 October 1996.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF14697 *Fieldwork: [unknown]. BY. FWL.
- --- SNF14698 *Fieldwork: [unknown]. BZ. FWL.
- --- SNF48073 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1971. OS 71-386-523.
- --- SNF48074 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1971. OS 71-386-524.
- --- SNF13213 Aerial Photograph: TL7092 B-D; TL7093 A-B. OS AP OS/71/386 527-8.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
- <S2> SNF59256 Aerial Photograph: OS/71/386/527-8.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (10)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Undated)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 11 2021 7:46AM