NHER 2411 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age/Early Saxon pot

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Summary

Around 1912 a hand-made pot in a coarse dark fabric was recovered from farmland here. This pot had a flat bottom and a piece missing. It was dated to either the Iron Age or Early Saxon period.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF60NW
Civil Parish RUNCTON HOLME, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

About 1912. Found at Lane's Farm 60cm (2ft)' down in sand.
Handmade pot in coarse dark paste (11.4cm (4.5in) high, 8.9cm (3.5in) diameter at rim), flattened bottom; firing slightly buff-coloured towards base; undecorated; sherd missing. Probably Early Saxon.

(Above is R. R. Clarke's Saxon card. His Iron Age card for same find reads 'Rim sherd of Handmade jar max diam 3.5in, blackish ware, reddish in patches; Iron Age A or Early Saxon'. Pot perhaps reconstructed after this card made).
Given to KLM in 1912 having formerly been held by H. C. Peacock and previous to this Greenland Fishery Museum.
(Copy NCM card Material not checked.)
Grid reference obtained from (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 22 October 1981.

  • --- Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. p 93.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Runcton Holme.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Runcton Holme.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map.
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 2 2018 12:12PM

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