NHER 4378 (Monument record) - Site of Roman building and post medieval brick kiln
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG02SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BILLINGFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Pre 1974. Casual Find.
An area of Roman pottery and a small patch of tiles has been observed on a gravel hill, overlooking the river.
Marked on (S1) by P. Wade-Martins (NAU).
Grid reference corrected by A. Gregory (NAU)and P. Wade-Martins (NAU), February 1985.
September 1989. Surface finds.
A flint implement and a fragment of brick were recovered in the vicinity of a brick scatter. The finder did not observe any Roman tile or pottery in the vicinity and metal detecting did not reveal any metal finds.
The recovered items have been identified as:
1.) A bifacial, pointed pick like flint tool, 'fabricator', probably Neolithic.
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU).
2.) A glazed brick fragment, likely post medieval. It was probably overfired near a kiln or a brick kiln lining.
Identified E. Rose (NAU).
D. Gurney (NAU) 6 November 1989.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Billingford.
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Billingford.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 SW 11 [2].
- --- SNF2351 Serial: 1968. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1968. No 15. p 4.
- <S1> SNF52733 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-1907. Ordnance Survey Map. 25 inch to the mile. Second Edition. 1:2500.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (6)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- BRICK (Unknown date)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
May 19 2016 2:59PM