NHER 19085 (Monument record) - Site of Roman settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This is the site of a Roman settlement, and Roman pottery has been found by fieldwalking. Prehistoric flints and pottery fragments dating from the late prehistoric to the post medieval periods have also been found by fieldwalking, as well as part of a medieval quern.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF70SW
Civil Parish BARTON BENDISH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

21 February 1983. North side of road, apparent continuation of site NHER 17609. Good conditions. Context 1.
Some prehistoric flint gritted pot.
Roman pot.
Spanish globular amphora handle.
Late coarse colour coated in strange barbotine decoration.
South Midlands shell gritted.
Much Hadham ware.
Predominant Nar Valley Coarse Wares 3rd to 4th century.
Samian central Gaulish type 37 fragment.
Medieval wares, few glazed and unglazed.
Some lava quern fragments.
Identified A. Rogerson (NAU) and A. Gregory (NAU) 1983.

5 January 1987. Contexts 2 to 6. Remainder of field walked in medium conditions.
Possible Iron Age sherd.
Roman sherds including oxydised.
Medieval sherds including Grimston.
Post medieval sherds including red earthenware.
Flints and prehistoric sherds.
See list in file.
Plot filed under NHER 23911.

Roman settlement continues in NHER 17609.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 407. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 408. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 409. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 410. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 411. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 52. BB.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 10 2022 7:45AM

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