NHER 5876 (Find Spot record) - Roman pottery sherd and Saxon lamp base, St Mary's Crescent

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Summary

In 1912 the base of a Saxon lamp and a decorated pottery sherd of Roman date were recovered from here.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

1912. Corporation Dwelling (now called St Mary's Crescent at grid reference TL 868 825 - E. Rose (NAU)).
Base of lamp (Hewitt) .
Decorated sherd, called Roman by (S1) and (S2).
Both found by member of the public [1] and held by Thetford Museum.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

According to (S2) the finds recovered during the excavation of foundations for were: "…many Romano-British potsherds of grey paste..., but only two pieces were ornamented. One had a rectangular lattice-work, and the other diamond-shaped."
P. Watkins (HES) 18 December 2012

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF87262 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Thetford.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF1650 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1923. Recent Discoveries in Norwich and Thetford. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXI pp 75-76. p 76.
<S2> SNF1617 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1918. The Icknield Way in East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol II Pt IV (for 1917-18) pp 539-548. p 547.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (3)

POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
LAMP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 13 2014 11:36AM