NHER 4724 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds scatter
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | STOKE FERRY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1928-9. Dredgings of River Wissey both sides river near bridge.
Context 1: pottery, Beaker sherds (altered from '?Bronze Age' by R. R. Clarke), handmade, including part of a flat base of coarse hard greyish ware, unevenly fired, with blueish-grey surface, decorated with series of small shallow, roughly oval depressions irregularly over surface.
CUMAE ex CAS and T. H. Lethbridge (29.494). Noted in (S1) and (S2).
Material not checked.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
1930s.
Roman quern, undated human skull found 'beside the Wissey' near to NHER 4724, context 3.
Also wooden posts in the riverbank.
See papers in file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 8 July 2002.
Late 1981.
NHER 4724/context 2 on south side river in area centred TL 7140 9940.
Found with metal detector near lavatory in caravan park.
Fragment of Roman military Ae buckle plate with openwork decoration. Remains of one rivetted stud. Double loops diam 5mm with holes maximum diameter 2mm. Thickness of plate ranges between 0.7mm in openwork to 2mm around border. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Held by NCM. Photograph (S3) and location plan (S4) in file.
Identified A. Rogerson 3 February 1982.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 3 February 1982.
1984.
Context 3 at TL 7129 9943.
Found in fieldwaking before bypass construction.
Sherd of Roman micaceous greyware.
No other finds from this area, and no evidence of any features cut into chalk seen after stripping.
Find given to KLM.
A. Rogerson (NAU) January 1985.
Above find held and accessioned by NCM.
E. Rose (NAU) 28 January 1986.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Stoke Ferry.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF7766 Article in Serial: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society.
- <S2> SNF1917 Article in Serial: 1936. [unknown]. Antiquaries Journal. Vol XVI, p 41.
- <S3> SNF65889 Photograph: 1981. B2N12-13.
- <S4> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (6)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
- POST (Unknown date)
- BUCKLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 6 2016 4:20PM