NHER 24480 (Find Spot record) - Possible Roman building or settlement and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
11 March 1988. Fenland Fieldwalking.
Conditions: good weathered ploughsoil.
Context 1. MTW FG.
Sherds and flint collected from whole field. Roman pot over most of field, but particularly along west side; medieval pottery particularly in south sector. Stray flints over most of field.
Context 2 at TL 7330 9538. MTW 149.
Small spread of Roman pottery and a few bits of tile on a chalk ridge standing above the surrounding gravelly loam soil by about 0.6m. Ridge meanders and appears to be a natural feature. Pottery on top and north side. 36m north to south x 41m east to west.
Also medieval sherds.
R. Silvester (NAU), 11 March 1988.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Before August 2009. Metal-detecting.
Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins, an unfinished Roman Dophin brooch (S2), two other Roman brooches and a Roman stud.
See description and lists in file.
E. Darch (HES), 27 September 2010.
November 2016. Metal-detecting. [1].
Roman pendants, a nail cleaner, brooch and a furniture fitting.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 6 June 2017.
April 2017. Metal-detecting. [2].
Middle Bronze Age incomplete dagger.
3 Roman coins.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 6 June 2017.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF15875 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 149. FENS.
- --- SNF16098 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW FG. FENS.
- --- SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
- <S2> SNF77823 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2010. Drawing of a miscast and unfinished Roman dolphin brooch.. Film. 2:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)
Object Types (20)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- DAGGER (Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1300 BC)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NAIL CLEANER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PENDANT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 86 AD to 86 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 200 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 268 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 348 AD to 350 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 353 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1697 AD to 1697 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 16 2021 9:01AM