NHER 13738 (Monument record) - Image or figurine of uncertain date

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Summary

19th century sources refer to an image or figurine of possible Roman to medieval date, that may have been associated with the pottery works or a local church, or concealed in the ceiling of a local cottage.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish POTTER HEIGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Reference in (S1) to an 'image' here which he thought might have been Roman. Any chance this could be the medieval wodewose now above the church porch, though vicar say this probably is a tower pinnacle?
E. Rose (NAU).

Further references (S2) state that the figure was found 'among the ashes', which suggests the pottery production site.
An involved account, not easy to follow, suggests that the figure was plastered up above a false ceiling in a cottage.
Woodward made a hole through an adjacent barn gable, but found it had gone…

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Woodward, S.. September 18. [unknown]. Correspondence. Correspondence Vol II, p.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Woodward, S.. 13 June 1828. [unknown]. Correspondence. Vol II, p 121.
  • FIGURINE (Unknown date)
  • FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FIGURINE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2011 12:08PM

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