NHER 29241 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds and pit-like geophysical anomalies
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GRESSENHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1980s. Fieldwalking.
Finds from OS 1928 Fields 233, 235, 236, 237 (see map in file).
Worked flint.
Roman, Late Saxon, medieval, post medieval pottery.
3 Contexts, but not differentiated on map.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 20 October 1992
May 1998. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometry survey on route of proposed pipeline (Site 19 at [1]; Context 4).
Findings were minimal, but included pit-like anomalies features. A linear magnetic anomaly was an extant furrow at a crop boundary.
See report (S1) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA) 7 May 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2017.
November 1998. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Field survey on route of proposed route (Context 5):
Finds recovered included:
1 ?Mesolithic notched flint flake.
3 ?prehistoric burnt flints.
1 ?medieval roof tile.
1 medieval/post-medieval tile.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd.
See report (S2) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.99).
E. Rose (NLA) 7 May 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2017 and 10 December 2022.
November-December 2004. Metal-detecting. Site extended to whole field, previously in area centred [2].
1 medieval roofing tile.
1 medieval/post-medieval lead pot mend.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd (Frechen Stoneware).
Ceramic items identified by A. Rogerson (NLA) and other object by S. Ashley (NLA). See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 January 2005.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 26 February 2014.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF56678 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 1998. Brisley-Bushy Common, Norfolk. Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeogeophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 204. p 8.
- <S2> SNF56683 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 1998. Brisley to Bushy Common Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Fieldwalking, Field Reconnaissance and Geophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 210.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- FEATURE? (Unknown date)
- PIT? (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (18)
- BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- NOTCHED FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT MEND (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- TILE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 26 2026 11:57AM