NHER 196 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds, 60-102 Chapelfield Road
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1974. Stray Find.
Found in bottom of city ditch during sewerage trenching operations outside the city wall in advance of the inner link dual carriage way:
1 Mesolithic/Neolithic chipped flint pick. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1974.400.1).
Information from (S1). Previously recorded under NHER 236.
It should be noted that the grid reference given by (S1) (TG 2273 0810) differs from that recorded in the museum's records (TG 2250 0837).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2014.
1974. Excavation for new drainage from north-east to south-west along other side of city walls by ?May Gurney for Norwich City Engineers.
Disturbance almost wholely of 18th century-20th century for houses backing onto city wall and rubble from their demolition. Natural sand and gravel also exposed. All material unstratified.
Post medieval pottery and some animal bone. Upper part of 16th century German stoneware jug found. Coarse lead glazed earthenware; black glazed, yellow glazed whiteware, English slipware, Notts and German stoneware, late post medieval.
Finds held by NCM and found by [1].
W. Milligan (NCM).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF2685 Monograph: Jennings, S. 1981. Eighteen Centuries of Pottery from Norwich. East Anglian Archaeology. No 13.
- --- SNF87217 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Mesolithic.
- --- SNF87229 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 196.
- --- SNF2500 Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. pp 6, 7.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (5)
- PICK (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (1)
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Record last edited
Sep 7 2016 12:38PM