NHER 8482 (Monument record) - Roman iron working site

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Summary

Ploughing here in 1959 unearthed a large mass of iron slag along with an iron mattock head and fragments of a bronze cauldron. A subsequent excavation in the same year found more cauldron fragments and slag. As such the nature of the finds suggests that iron working was carried out here during the Roman period.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG31SW
Civil Parish	WOODBASTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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1959. Ploughing to depth of 31cm (1ft).
Large mass of iron slag dragged out, also iron mattock head and fragments of bronze cauldron with iron supports associated early Roman.

3 February 1959. Site dug by R. R. Clarke (NCM) and D. R. Howlett.
Further fragments of cauldron and slag found. Mass of slag broken, about 92cm (3ft) in diameter and 15.2cm (6in) deep. 31cm (1ft) of soil over yellow sand.
Finds held by NCM.
See (S1) in (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Woodbastwick.
--- 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. TG 31 SW 3.
--- SNF87124 Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 5.
<S1> SNF6878 Article in Monograph: Manning, W.H.. 1969. Mattocks, Hoes and Spades and related tools in Roman Britain.. The spade in northern and Atlantic Europe. Gailey, A. & Fenton, A..
<S2> SNF6134 Monograph: Gailey, A. & Fenton, A. (eds.). 1969. The Spade in Northern and Atlantic Europe.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

IRON WORKING SITE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Object Types (5)

CAULDRON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
CAULDRON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
MATTOCK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Woodbastwick (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 19 2016 2:38PM