NHER 18308 (Find Spot record) - Medieval knife and pottery

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Summary

A medieval iron knife and pottery fragments found during the building of a new house.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81NW
Civil Parish CASTLE ACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1982.
Found during and after building new house.
Iron knife with whittle tang.
Medieval sherds (only 3 unglazed seen).
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU) August 1982.

Further finds not seen until February 1984, but found with above: medieval base with thumbing; glazed Grimston?
6 highly glazed green well fired sherds, 2 bodysherds, 1 bodysherd with vertical brown slip tails.
1 bodysherd with scar of thumbed handle junction, 2 bodysherds non joining each with part of oval? hole.
Range late 13th to 15th century.
Identified A. Rogerson (NAU)
R. Rickett (NAU) 3 February 1984.

3 October 1984.
Spoilheaps for adjacent development examined by A. Rogerson (NAU)
No archaeological finds or features were found.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 23 2007 10:24AM

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