NHER 24669 (Monument record) - Roman settlement

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Summary

Prehistoric pot boilers, Roman pottery and tiles, and medieval pottery, found during fieldwalking. This site is part of a large linear Roman settlement.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL89NE
Civil Parish GREAT CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1986 to 1987. Fieldwalking. Field GC13.
Intensive Roman site, sherds, tiles etc.
Two pot boiler sites.
Context 2 at 8505 9997.
Context 3 at 8514 9964.
Notes and plan in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 20 July 1988.

(S1) describes as part of a linear Roman settlement that extends across parts of four fields. Pot and building material suggests this was a prosperous rural settlement. A well-marked bank and ditch extends from north to south through part of the site.
M. Dennis (NLA), 4 May 2006.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Davison, A. 1994. The Field Archaeology of Bodney and the Stanta Extension. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 57-79. p 60.
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Record last edited

Aug 28 2013 2:27PM

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