NHER 13955 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period pottery finds

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Summary

Fragments of Roman, Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery were found on the surface of a field in 1978.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM29SW
Civil Parish	MORNINGTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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13 to 14 September 1978.
On surface of east part of field drilled for grass to be permanent pasture. Nineteen flint flakes, two Roman greyware rims, three hand made body sherds, probably Early Saxon. Two other very small possibly same, one rim probably Thetford type ware. Fifty abraded medieval to Post medieval coarse and glazed sherds, some of which could be Roman. Location of Early Saxon sherds was exactly at grid reference given and is accurately plotted on 25 inch map in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU) and Mrs. S. Addington.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 1000000 BC to 1900 AD)

Object Types (6)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)