NHER 68875 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric, Late Saxon and medieval to post-medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM29NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TASBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
April 2017. Test Pit.
Excavation of test pit as part of the Norfolk Archaeological Trust's 'Imagined Land' project - a community archaeology project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (Test Pit 3). A natural sandy gravel deposit was encountered at a depth of 0.67m, which was overlain by a sandy subsoil. Finds recovered included:
1 ?Mesolithic/Early Neolithic snapped flint bladelet.
2 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flakes and 2 chips.
1 Early/Middle Iron Age pottery sherd.
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
Medieval/post-medieval iron nail.
2 post-medieval roof tile fragments, 1 clay tobacco pipe fragment and an iron buckle.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 January 2025.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF102874 Unpublished Contractor Report: Emery, G. 2017. A Community Archaeological Test-Pitting Project at Tasburgh, Norfolk. Part of the Imagined Land Project. Norvic Archaeology. 103.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC to 101 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (9)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- DEBITAGE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC to 101 BC)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- NAIL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jan 17 2025 11:37AM