NHER 30273 (Find Spot record) - Probable Roman settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal detecting and fieldwalking recovered finds dating from the Iron Age to the post medieval period. These include an Iron Age coin, a Roman coin and a fragment of undated lava quern. Pieces of Roman, possible Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, medieval and post medieval pot have also been found. The Roman pottery is concentrated in one area suggesting this is part of an area of Roman settlement.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81SE
Civil Parish LITTLE DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

December 1993. Fieldwalking finds. [1].
?Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Lava quern.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 January 1994.

January 1994. Further finds. General scatter context 1.
Context 2.
Concentration of Roman pottery at west end, part of same site, [2].
A. Rogerson (NLA), 25 January 1994.

January 1994. Further finds from Context 1.
Roman, Middle Saxon, medieval pottery.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 February 1994.

October 1994.
Roman greyware: two jar and one bowl rims, seven body sherds.
Three small body sherds coarse sandy, ?Early Saxon.
One rim and four body sherds pimply Ipswich.
One body sherd sandy Ipswich.
Four Grimston including two glazed and two probable glazed.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA).
One Roman coin. See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 December 1994.

November 1995. Metal detecting find.
Iron Age coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 January 1996.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Undated)
  • QUERN (Undated)
  • BRICK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Record last edited

Mar 25 2026 10:52AM

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