NHER 19498 (Monument record) - Site of Iron Age and Roman settlement and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HALES, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
13 March 1983. Hales survey site 90. Recently cultivated, conditions not good.
Flint flake (identified by J. Wymer (NAU) January 1985).
6 flint gritted sherds (one rim late Bronze Age or Iron Age, 1 sherd ditto, 4 prehistoric identified by A. Gregory (NAU) 1986.)
74 Roman greyware.
1 samian.
1 oxidised Roman.
1 Much Hadham ware.
3 medieval unglazed.
1 medieval glazed.
2 Late medieval glazed ?
9 glazed red earthenware.
4 late stoneware.
1 18th to 19h century glazed.
1 tin glazed earthenware.
Concentration of reduced pantile under removed hedge line to west.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU) September 1983.
See (S1) in file.
(S2) records this as Site 90.
Iron Age pottery found on this site suggests that there may have been a settlement here during the Iron Age. There was certainly a settlement here during the Roman period.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 25 January 2006
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF14590 *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 90. Hales.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF60774 Unpublished Document: Hales Survey. Hales Survey fieldwalking notes.
- <S2> SNF5694 Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 49.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (8)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Nov 13 2025 2:10PM