NHER 25791 (Find Spot record) - Possible medieval occupation site
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF41NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WALPOLE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 1990. Grid reference supplied by finder. Concentration of pottery over uncertain areas.
Context 1 [1] (general scatter):
Medieval pottery sherds: one frilled base Langerwehe stoneware, nine Bourne 'D' ware, one medieval glazed with white inclusions, two medieval glazed sandy, three glazed Grimston.
15th to 16th century date range.
Also a Henry III long cross cut halfpenny (identified by S. Margeson).
Context 2 [2]:
Medieval pottery sherds: nine medieval unglazed, one medieval shelly, one non-glazed? Grimston, three glazed Grimston, one Bourne 'D'.
Date range 13th - 14th century.
Pottery identified by A. Rogerson (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 May 1990.
May 1990.
Penny of Edward I, damaged, Canterbury mint. Cut farthing long cross.
Edward I penny London mint [3].
Edward? I penny [4].
Sample of medieval scatter [5] - three medieval unglazed, ten glazed Grimston, one medieval glazed with white inclusions, three Bourne D, one ?late medieval/transitional, one medieval? buff unglazed.
Identified by S.Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), undated (1990).
12 July 2000. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks for a new bungalow behind the Sea Bank recorded silt layers with medieval pottery.
Excavation revealed burnt silt deposits and organic lenses that contained fired clay and early medieval pottery. Accumulated layers of natural silt were recorded by no elements of the Bank.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
Contexts 3-13.
D. Gurney, 30 November 2000.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF79538 Photograph: JVA.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide. 1-7.
- <S1> SNF68373 Unpublished Contractor Report: Tremlett, S. 2000. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at Wisbech Road, Walpole St Andrew. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 539.
- <S2> SNF82555 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2001. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2000. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt IV pp 707-728. p 727.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (5)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PANTILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 24 2015 1:40PM