NHER 15074 (Monument record) - Ironworking site, pottery kiln and Bronze Age pit
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG22NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February to March 1979. Along line marked out for Aylsham bypass across centre of field.
Note that all this a single field in 1979 not as marked on (S1).
Found on surface of ploughed field and with metal detector.
Scatter of prehistoric, Roman, medieval and post medieval finds.
Also pit with Bronze Age sherds.
See file for further details.
Found by Norfolk and Suffolk Metal Detecting Society.
A. Gregory (NAU), 9 July 1979.
1987. Context 5. Fieldwalking of part of area west of bypass line as built, at Burgh Road.
Medieval sherds, iron slag and much post medieval/recent debris.
March 1990.
During construction works two oval areas with massive lumps of iron slag and traces of burning; stoneware handle, perhaps not associated. Excavated, and shown to be two connected pits; third feature nearby. Possible pottery kilns.
Information from (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 22 February 1999.
April 2008. Outline publication synopsis.
This site will be included in a forthcoming monograph investigating Iron Age sites in Norfolk.
See (S3) for further details.
S. Howard (NLA), 5 January 2010.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF48659 Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
- <S2> SNF47499 Article in Serial: Robins, P.. 1998. An Industrial Site at Aylsham.. The Annual. p 44.
- <S3> SNF72752 Unpublished Contractor Report: Watkins, P. 2008. The Archaeology of Iron Age Norfolk: an outline publication synopsis. NAU Archaeology. 1716a.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)
Object Types (11)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BRIQUETAGE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT BOILER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Oct 10 2025 3:57PM