NHER 16780 (Monument record) - Possible Roman settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal detecting and fieldwalking on this site since the 1980s have recovered numerous objects dating from the prehistoric to the post medieval periods. A large number of the finds, which include coins, building materials and metalwork, have been attributed to the Roman period, and it is thought that this concentration of objects may indicate the presence of a Roman settlement. Other interesting artefacts include a Neolithic scraper, Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery sherds, as well as fragments of a medieval quern.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM19SW
Civil Parish	FORNCETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	TACOLNESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1980. Fieldwalking and metal detecting.
Iron Age and Roman sherds, Roman building material, Roman metalwork, very few coins. Pot boilers.

1983. Metal detecting.
Roman coins and brooch, (S2). Pot boilers.

1987. Metal detecting.
Roman coins, sherds and metalwork.

1988. Metal detecting. Finds over about 4.5 ha.
Roman coins and metalwork, Iron Age sherds.
See lists in file.

September 1988. Metal detecting and fieldwalking
List and drawing (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 4 November 1988.

Before January 2005. Contexts 1 and 6.
Neolithic flint scrapers.
Iron Age and Roman sherds.
Three Roman coins.
Post medieval and undated metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 31 May 2005.

December 2005.
Roman pottery, building material and metalwork suggests that there was probably a Roman settlement on this site.
D. Robertson & A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 December 2005.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S2> SNF78966 Illustration: Wallace. P. M.. 1983. Drawing of a Roman bronze brooch foot plate.. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)

Object Types (31)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
FINGER RING (Undated)
FLUE TILE (Undated)
KILN FURNITURE (Undated)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
NAIL (Undated)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
VESSEL (Undated)
WEIGHT (Undated)
BRICK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
DISC (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
SPOON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TEGULA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2026 9:33AM