NHER 20389 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period pottery

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Summary

Prehistoric flints, fragments of pottery dating from the late prehistoric to the medieval period, and a Roman bead and coin, have been found by fieldwalking and metal detecting.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

15 February 1984. OS field 83, North section, divided into two contexts, context 1 to east, context 2 to west.
Good fieldwalking conditions, growing wheat, no concentrations. Post medieval not collected.
Context 1.
1 flint, 4 prehistoric flint gritted sherds, 1 hand-made gritty sherd,
14 Roman coarseware, 1 glazed Grimston, 2 medieval unglazed.
Context 2.
77 Roman coarse ware, 2 Roman oxidised, 1 gritty handmade, 1 rim pimply Ipswich; 1 Thetford type jar rim, 9 medieval unglazed; 3 ?glazed Grimston and 4 definite; 1 late medieval/early post medieval.
Identified A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 16 May 1984.

March 1987. Context 2. Found with metal detecting.
Roman coin, Fausta PIETAS ROMANA 335-40, 34m west, 5m north of southeast corner of context.
Turquoise translucent glass bead ?Roman, at 11m north, 15m west of southeast corner.
Identified A. Gregory (NAU)
A. Rogerson (NAU) 1987

  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 126. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 127. BB.
  • --- Map: Finder's Map.
  • --- 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)
  • BEAD (Undated)
  • POT (Undated)
  • BEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 10 2022 7:47AM

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