NHER 19801 (Monument record) - Possible saltern with medieval and Saxon pottery sherds, east side of former railway

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Summary

A mound exists here that is cut by the old railway line. It is covered with slag and therefore may be a mound created by the railway engines. Alternatively it could be a saltern mound of uncertain date. Investigation of the mound in 1983 found several medieval pottery sherds and a single Late Saxon pottery sherd.

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  • None recorded

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Map sheet TF62SW
Civil Parish SOUTH WOOTTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Autumn 1983.
Mound cut by old railway line. Covered in slag, possible a saltern mound (?) or slag from railway engines ?
Abraded green glazed Grimston ware found, and abraded Thetford type rim sherd.
Information from [1].
Identifications by [1], though sherds seen by E. Rose (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU) 6 December 1983.

The western half of this earthwork mound appears to be recorded under NHER 27119.
These features form part of a dense concentration of saltern mounds located along the saltmarsh in North and South Wootton. Direct dating evidence is scarce but isolated finds of pottery suggest that the majority of the mounds are medieval in date.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 18 July 2019.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • SLAG (Unknown date)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Record last edited

Jul 18 2019 2:48PM

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