NHER 17183 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL98NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRIDGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1980 or 1981. Found in digging service trenches for new house.
1 handmade body sherd with external burnishing, probably Iron Age.
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU).
1 base and 1 body sherd sandy Ipswich ware.
1 rim early medieval ware.
1 bodysherd Thetford, early medieval or medieval.
1 bodysherd late medieval glazed.
1 rim and 1 bodysherd post medieval brown glazed.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU) April 1981.
Also, in last six inches above chalk, with animal bones.
Two fragments of annular loomweights of Middle Saxon type in uniformly fired pinkish/grey clay.
See (S1 and S2)
A. Rogerson (NAU) 22 May 1981.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF78838 Illustration: Unknown. 1981. Drawing of a Saxon loom weigh.. Film. 2:1.
- <S2> SNF90971 Illustration: Unknown. 1981. Drawing of a Saxon loom weight.. Film. 2:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (7)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- LOOMWEIGHT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- 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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Record last edited
Apr 14 2014 3:27PM