NHER 53799 (Find Spot record) - Late Saxon/medieval slag, Iron Age/Roman and medieval/post medieval pottery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG14SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SHERINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Before 1 July 2009. Casual finds from gardens of 1 and 1a The Rise.
Late Saxon/medieval iron smelting slag, Iron Age/Roman and medieval/post medieval pottery sherds.
See finds list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 January 2010.
The samples comprised tap slag from an iron smelting furnace probably of Anglo-Saxon or medieval date. The slag is not plough rolled so is likely to represent an in-situ deposit and could suggest the presence of a furnace within the vicinity. Two pieces of wood or charcoal remains were embedded within the slag along with a piece of oyster shell. One fragment was attached to a piece of burnt stone (possibly ironstone). The site is located 1.2km north-west of the substantial ironworkings at Stone Hill on Beeston Heath. Initially the pits at Stone Hill were believed to be Roman but later excavations by Tylecote in 1967 (S1) suggested a Late Saxon or early medieval date (AD 850-1100).
See (S2).
Compiled by P. Page and K. Hamilton, 14 August 2009.
S. Howard (HES), 8 March 2011.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF2396 Article in Serial: Tylecote, R. F. 1968. The Phosphorus content of iron from the Bloomery Site at West Runton, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXIV pt III pp 330-331.
- <S2> SNF79839 Correspondence: Hamilton, K.. 2009. Metalworking waste reported by P. Page.. 14 August.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (3)
- POT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- SLAG (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 8 2011 11:44AM