NHER 1425 (Monument record) - Iron Age and Roman pits, multi-period finds and site of post medieval fair, Church Nursery

1956. Construction of bypass revealed refuse pits.
Excavated Pit 1: 4.2m (14') diameter, 0.9m (3') deep in centre. Square hole in centre 0.6m x 0.6m and 0.3m (2' x 2' and 1') deep.
Pit 2: Few sherds of Iron Age 'A' pottery.
Pit 3 contained a few scraps of pottery and clay bead painted pale blue with brown rings, possibly Early Saxon.
Also found: Half a bun shaped loom weight; few hard grey sherds ?Early Saxon; fragments of Roman rooftile and 2nd century Samian ware, 4th century Roman pottery, lava quern, animal bones, large buff coloured sherd with brown paint, all 'in a pit' but which not stated.
Also 1 sherd 'found with Early Saxon material' given as 'Ipswich Ware with black core and brown surfaces' by R.R. Clarke (NCM), but (S1) altered to read 'Late Saxon' according to 'everyone' (!).
Oyster shells also found, possibly modern.
Heacham fair held on this site.
One of the sites mentioned by Lowerison in (S2) as evidence for a villa in the park.
E. Rose (NAU)