NHER 16648 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric pottery sherd, Middle Saxon to post medieval objects

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Summary

Fieldwalking in the 1960s and 1970s recovered a number of pottery sherds from the Late prehistoric, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery sherds. Some other objects, including a quern fragment, a copper alloy tag and a naturally perforated flint nodule thought to have been used as a loomwieght were also found.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	WITTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

1960s-1970s.'Found in either OS field 173 (centred 3215 3125) or OS field 174 (centred 3230 3125)'. Fieldwalking finds.
Twenty-six post medieval sherds, two Transitional sherds.
One prehistoric sherd.
Eight medieval rims, two bases, eighteen body, five handles.
Five miscellaneous sherds.
One clinker, oneburnt flint fragment.
One sherd Middle Saxon Ipswich Ware.
Five Late Saxon sherds.
Bronze tag (from OS 173?).
Naturally perforated flint nodule - ?loomweight.
One fragment Neidermendig quern.
NB. some of these finds may be the same as those listed under NHER 6932 and NHER 7017, as not kept separate.
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 6 May 1982.

Associated Sources (1)

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

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (9)

POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
LOOMWEIGHT (Undated)
POT (Undated)
QUERN (Undated)
STRAP FITTING (Undated)
POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Witton (North Norfolk) (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Sep 30 2013 2:17PM