NHER 21645 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period pottery finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking a ploughed-out mound in 1996 recovered Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery fragments and a medieval brick.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG40NE
Civil Parish HALVERGATE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

May 1985.
Mound or area of high ground in marshes. Ploughed out.
Thetford type ware base sherd.
W. F. Milligan 5 August 1985.

Mound destroyed by bulldozing 1985, spoil moved to northeast of field where medieval sherds now occur from it.

Early 1996. Gridded fieldwalking.
Thetford type: four jar rims, five flat and three sagging bases,
Forty body sherds.
Three early medieval jar rims.
Sixty eight medieval unglazed.
Six medieval glazed, two late medieval glazed.
Three post medieval stoneware.
Two glazed red earthenware.
One brick lump, probably medieval.
Many large and fresh sherds.
N.B. This and NHER 22349 form part of the same site as [1]'s results will show. Further details to follow.
A.Rogerson (NLA), 15 May 1996.

January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
See also NHER 22349
J. Albone (NMP), 17 January 2006

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Slide: Various. Slide.
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 15 2011 5:24PM

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