NHER 19095 (Monument record) - World War Two gun emplacement and multi-period pottery

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Summary

This is the site of a gun emplacement from World War Two. Fragments of pottery dating from the Late Saxon to the post medieval period have been found by fieldwalking.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF70NW
Civil Parish BARTON BENDISH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

24 February 1983. Context 1. Fieldwalking, poor conditions.
Medieval unglazed and glazed Grimston.
Post medieval scatter.
Conditions too bad to produce concentrations.
Identified A. Rogerson (NAU) March 1983.

6 March 1987. Contexts 2 to 3.
1 St. Neots and Thetford ware.
Medieval sherds including Grimston and late medieval/early post medieval.
See list and plot in file.
Identified A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 20 August 1987.

Site contains a large World War Two gun emplacement.
A. Rogerson (NAU) May 1990.

See (S1) in file by source [1], who adds: Possible site of World War Two gun position, but not visible in 1995.
Survey No. J4-2.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 674. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 675. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 676. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 677. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 678. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 679. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 680. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 70. BB.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
  • 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 26 2022 8:55AM

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