NHER 29066 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and pot boilers, medieval to post medieval objects

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1985 recovered a 19th century pipe tamper. Between 1991 and 1992 a watching brief took place on the line of the Norwich Southern Bypass. In this area a number of Roman, medieval, and post medieval pottery sherds, prehistoric flints and pot boilers, and medieval to post medieval metalwork were recovered.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish TROWSE WITH NEWTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

18 November 1985. Metal Detector find [1]
Gilt bronze statuette of Britannia, probably a pipe tamper, 19th century.
Identified by E B Green, record compiled by W Milligan 19 Nov 1985.
E. Rose (NLA), 4 June 2007.

1991-1992. Watching Brief. Norwich Southern Bypass (Sites 75-77, 86).
Roman, medieval, post medieval sherds.
Flints.
Medieval to post medieval metalwork.
See unpublished document (S1) for further details.
See published monograph (S2) for summary of watching brief work.
E. Rose (NLA), July 1992

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief: Site Lists and Annotated Maps. Sites 75-77,86, Contract 4, Map 9.
  • <S2> Monograph: Ashwin, T. and Bates S. 2000. Norwich Southern Bypass, Part I: Excavations at Bixley, Caistor St Edmund, Trowse. East Anglian Archaeology. No 91. pp210-216.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PIPE TAMPER (19th Century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Dec 5 2024 4:11PM

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