NHER 24317 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
25 February 1988. Fenland fieldwalking. Field northeast of Wood Hall, south of Sandy Lane.
Good conditions, weathered ploughsoil. Weather lousy: snow storm.
Context 1. HLG BW.
Large field, originally several, contains some sherds of medieval pottery, mainly in vicinity of Wood Hall. General scatter of flints and some Roman sherds near context 2.
One flint is Beaker scraper - F. Healy (NAU).
Context 2 at 6330 9757. HLG 18.
Diffuse spread of Roman pottery and perhaps some tile, on east facing slope of island. Slope is gentle to moderate
sandy loam soil. No visible staining either on ground or on aerial photograph. About 53m east to west x about 50m north to south. However, further sherds found perhaps 30 to 40m east could be an extension or strays.
R. Silvester (NAU), 25 February 1988.
For full details of wares and flint types see (S1).
October-November 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 January 2014.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF15494 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. HLG 18. FENS.
- --- SNF15549 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. HLG BW. FENS.
- --- SNF10541 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP RC8-EB 179.
- --- SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (6)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
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Record last edited
Jan 17 2025 10:55AM