NHER 9142 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age, Roman and Early Saxon pottery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM09SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1928. Pointer's Sandpit.
Considerable quantity of Iron Age B pottery. Also bronze fragment west side of Lays Lane.
AB and ABC styles probably 1st century BC - 1st century AD.
See (S1).
Illustrations (S2 and S3) in the Illustration Library.
Clay rings are Saxon.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
1928. Sandpit west side of Leys Lane about 1.4km (1500yds) southwest of Station.
Roman and Iron Age sherds.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Drawing (S2) in file.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Attleborough.
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Attleborough.
- --- 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. TM 09 SW 4 [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF1971 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. p 98.
- <S2> SNF79252 Illustration: Apling, H.. Unknown. Drawing of Iron Age/Roman pottery sherds.. Paper. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF91384 Illustration: Apling, H.. Unknown. Drawing of Iron Age/Roman pottery sherds.. Paper. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- RING (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
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Record last edited
Sep 12 2025 8:55AM