NHER 6062 (Monument record) - Late Saxon pottery kiln and Saxon features
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF73SE |
|---|---|
| Ecclesiastical | GREAT BIRCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | BIRCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1975. Field Observation.
Observation during development of former allotments.
At least two features containing Ipswich ware.
Fragment of head of square headed Early Saxon brooch, found in disturbed soil above the Middle Saxon layers and dated to 6th century.
Iron 'linen-heckle' prong and iron ?bucket fitting.
Also spread of Thetford type ware and some abraded medieval.
(S1) in file.
October 1975. Excavation.
Kiln damaged by modern disturbance, producing Thetford-type ware. Two arches survived. Stoked from east, and west end destroyed. Overlay a north to south aligned ditch containing Thetford type ware and much burnt wattle impressed daub. Three post-holes and unstratified Ipswich ware, and one fragment tegula. No medieval pot found.
See published article (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2018.221).
A. Rogerson (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 April 2019.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- 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. TF 73 SE 10.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2517 Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 4.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF57211 Unpublished Document: Smallwood, J.P.. 1975. An Anglo-Saxon site at Great Bircham (1st draft).
- <S2> SNF7953 Article in Monograph: Rogerson, A. and Adams, N.. 1978. A Saxo-Norman Pottery Kiln at Bircham.. East Anglian Archaeology. No 8 pp33-44.
- <S3> SNF2554 Article in Serial: Webster, L. E. and Cherry, J. 1976. Medieval Britain in 1975. Medieval Archaeology. Vol XX pp 158-201. p 167.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (7)
- ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TEGULA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- TEXTILE EQUIPMENT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
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Record last edited
May 16 2019 11:48PM