NHER 21506 (Monument record) - Roman cremation, Roman and medieval pottery sherds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF51NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WALPOLE CROSS KEYS, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
February - March 1985. Found by mechanical digger in Poaks Field at around 2 ft 6 inches (0.76m) depth.
Context 2: at grid reference above. Incomplete (even before shattered by digger) coarseware pot containing cremation (report by J. McKinley in File). Pot very hard coarse white fabric. Late 2nd early 3rd century AD Nene Valley greyware.
Finds in KLM [1].
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU), compiled by E. M. James (KLM), 15 March 1985.
26 March 1986. Over all remainder of field; fieldwalking well weathered soil under cabbages.
Odd medieval sherds with perhaps the odd Roman thrown in. WPA BW (S1).
Finds in NCM.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see Fenland Folders (S2).
R. J. Silvester (NAU), 28 March 1986.
Associated Sources (4)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- URN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Jan 6 2012 11:23AM