NHER 38107 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period pottery sherds

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Summary

In 2002/2003 a watching brief led to the discovery of Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post medieval pottery sherds in this area. All of these peices were found in unstratified contexts.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG51SW
Civil Parish CAISTER ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

November 2002-May 2003. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping and groundworks at Castle Public House. Contexts 1-4.
Excavation did not reach subsoil.
Some unstratified Early-Middle Iron Age, Roman and medieval to post medieval pottery sherds.
Post-medieval chamber pot.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.335).
J. Allen (NLA), 15 May 2003. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 May 2015 and 16 December 2022.

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  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2003. An Archaeological Watching Brief at The Castle Public House, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 819.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2003. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2002. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt II pp 368-384. p 370.
  • POT (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC to 101 BC)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CHAMBER POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Oct 28 2024 4:14PM

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